What does "Pezoi" mean on the Greek, Macedonian, Seleucid... etc. flags?
What does "Pezoi" mean on the Greek, Macedonian, Seleucid... etc. flags?
I think it has to do something with foot soldiers (e.g. Pezoi Brutioi - Brutian infantry, Pezhetairoi- foot companions).
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Exactly. It's just the generic greek term for 'foot warriors'/infantry - derived from ποῦς (pous); 'foot' - cf. πεζέταιροι/'foot- companions' and can be found in literature (IIRC) as early as ~730 BC (Homer's Iliad).
Last edited by Lvcretivs; 03-25-2010 at 21:00.
'...usque adeo res humanas vis abdita quaedam:opterit et pulchros fascis saevasque secures:proculcare ac ludibrio sibi habere videtur.' De rerum natura V, 1233ff.
Most Hellenic factional infantry also has a banner carrier, the flag says Pezoi too.
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