Re: Unit Art from Caratacos
Congratulations Caratacos.
Can't recall the name of the first one, but it isnt Lusitanni it has a metal spear. It's the skirmisher from the british Isle's. ~Edit : the Celtic Skirmisher/balroae. Belongs to the Casse and found in the British Isle's.
The second one is the Galatian Shock Infantry, Galatikoi Kuarothoroi. Belongs to most factions who can recruits Galatian's, found in Thrace, Dacia and parts of Asia Minor.
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Re: Unit Art from Caratacos
I'd say the first one is; Aedui/Skirmisher/Cisapline Gaul?
The second one's a toughy. I acctually thought it was a Galatian of some discription to begin with. Though it does seem more likely that it's a Getai unit, or perhaps a Macedonian version. So aye, I'll go with that; Makedonia/Thracian Spearman/West of the Black Sea.
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Re: Unit Art from Caratacos
Well done Cartacos! Your artwork truley is beyond stunning!
As for what the first unit is I say:
Galatian Light Skirmisher
And for the second unit:
Galatian Spearman (a sort of skirmisher/spearman for the Galatians)
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Re: Unit Art from Caratacos
Hm, the first could be a sauromatae skirmisher.
The second one looks like the Galatikoi Kuarothoroi but as they are already in the game, i have no idea. Maybe Getai Heavy Inf?
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Re: Unit Art from Caratacos
The first guy seems to be carrying quite an interesting combination of items. The torc is a Celtic (and to a lesser degree German and Dacian/Thracian) affectation, the woven shield has a very "eastern" appereance, and isn't that dagger/shortsword thingy the Scythian akinakes ? My bet is he's some sort of tribal skirmisher/light infantry type from the border zone between Getic and German regions and the steppe - perhaps a sort of "cultural hybrid" unit like the Aljaz-Gae in the liminal zone between the Germans and Gauls ?
The second guy is decidedly some sort of Dacian or Thracian heavy infantryman - the curved sica is a dead giveaway (or alternatively a total red herring taken from some very obscure historical curio detail...). The mail looks pretty Celtic, but given the amount of cultural exchange that apparently went on between the groups that mens little. Perhaps he's roughly the Getic equivalent of the same relation as exist between the Iphicratean and Classical hoplite, in this case the phalanx equivalent being the Thorakitai Stratiotai ?
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