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    COYATOYPIKC Senior Member Flatout Minigame Champion Arjos's Avatar
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    Default Re: LA BELLE EPOQUE (a sequel to the CONCERT OF EUROPE)

    Average speed, taken from Xenophon, is about 8 knots over a 236 km distance. Taking "a long day's voyage", that is 16 to 18 hours, counting a midday meal.
    Thoukydides records also a non-stop 340 km voyage, in little over a day. But this would tire the men incredibly and they wouldn't be battle-ready.

    Also the Peltastai for the Greeks is a bit too early. They were adopted as a consequence of the Persian Wars and the athenian expansion (especially in Thrake and Anatolia). Still I see no problem with very light, but in no way professional, javelin throwers for the 5th century BCE in Hellas.
    Last edited by Arjos; 03-18-2013 at 10:19.

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