KhaziOfKalabara 15:24 02-19-2008
Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios:
It's the wonder of nomenclature for ya: Thorakitai is best translated with heavy infantry; and the thorakitai such as we depict them are a heavy version of the Thureophoroi for all intents and purposes. Hence whatever fits that depiction may be given the general name of Thorakites.
So, in the context of the OP's question, what battlefield role did the Thorakitai fulfill? Were they primarily line troops, to compensate for later successor states' inability to field pikes in sufficient quantities, or should they be regarded as an evolution or improvement on the pezhetairoi given the different tactical challenges that the non-Macedonian Hellenistic states faced?
And then, is there a "gap" (conceptually at least) in the Macedonian unit roster that the player should fill using Pheraspidai, Agrianikoi or similar?
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