maybe except for slaping those heavily armed Spartans to death with their...Originally Posted by Vorian
i think i'd better go and try to get that pic out of my head
Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
maybe except for slaping those heavily armed Spartans to death with their...
i think i'd better go and try to get that pic out of my head
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Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
Not to sound butthurt (pun intended given the name of the thread) but I hope Artavazd got banned for his comments in this thread... I was once banned for as little as having a family guy quote in my sig which had the words "Sex" and "Boob" in it.
Mind you, it wasn't in the EB part of the forum, but still. I think the moderator that did it was just trying to impress though, either that or on a power trip with an itchy ban finger because there were other people in the forum with things in their sig that could have been considered "offensive" to some. Perhaps they were friends of his.
Still, it's a shame that particular unit wasn't in EB. I had an AAR planned for when they got added (i thought they would be) in which i would recruit a single unit and follow their adventures (on the battlefield) until the unit was either too old and had to be disbanded or was destroyed. I even had a name for it... I was going to call it "Band of Bummers".
Last edited by Dayve; 11-17-2007 at 16:59.
Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
Too bad that Alexander ran them over about 66 years before the start date for EB. And for some reason, the idea didn't catch on.
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Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
As i said, i'm no expert on ancient history. If i were i'd have been helping the EB team, instead i'm just playing their mod.
Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
I understand the Thebans had something of a reputation as being a bit idiosyncratic in many ways. Anyway, given that Alex later ended up razing the city for being rebellious scum...
However, as mentioned at least semi-institutionalised homosexuality hasn't exactly been uncommon in warrior circles in particular the world over. It actually kind of makes sense when you think about it, given the amount of close male companionship warriors and soldiers tend to keep out of necessity on campaign... Not that there didn't tend to be any number of right odd and often more than a little misogynist ideas mixed in mind you.
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Re: Greek Hopolites with a twist
Well the Greek culture in itself did have a tradition for homosexual relationships. But the apparently rigid and premeditated organisation of it in the Sacred Band isn't something I have heard of anywhere else.
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