Shields - pelte vs thureos

[Fluvius Camillus]

If I remember correct from my RTR days, the spides were the phalanx shields.

And I also remember (dont know the exact words though):
Chalka - Bronze
Argyra - Silver
Chyra - Gold

So that means

Chalkaspides - Bronze shields (Pontos)
Argyraspides - Silver Shields (Makedonia and AS)
Chyraspides - Gold Shields (only seen in RTR Seleucids)

Can someone confirm this?

[Ludens]

Aspis definitely could be general; pelte originally referred to specifically the crescent shaped shield introduced by the Thracians, and later came to refer to something else, and so in that way it is imprecise; scutum, however, was precise, and, as far as I know, always seems to have referred to the same thing.

Thanks for clarifying. I am pretty certain that scutum, by the middle ages, had come to mean shields in generals. Off course, whether it did in the Classical age is another question

If I remember correct from my RTR days, the spides were the phalanx shields.

And I also remember (dont know the exact words though):
Chalka - Bronze
Argyra - Silver
Chyra - Gold

So that means

Chalkaspides - Bronze shields (Pontos)
Argyraspides - Silver Shields (Makedonia and AS)
Chyraspides - Gold Shields (only seen in RTR Seleucids)

Can someone confirm this?

That would not be "spides", but "aspides", or aspis . The Chrysaspides actually didn't exist as a unit: the term appears to be based on an erroneous translation of Polybius. Macedonia also used the designation chalkaspides, under Alexander and Perseus at least. I guess it simply means normal phalangites (the phalangite shield was made of bronze, after all).

[antisocialmunky]

IIRC the Pontic Chalky-Spiders are pretty much Pez rather than a super elite unit.

[Ludens]

IIRC the Pontic Chalky-Spiders are pretty much Pez rather than a super elite unit.

You are correct: their stats differ only slightly from standard pezhetairoi.

[Fluvius Camillus]

Thank you for the clarification, how could I not see aspis

Also if the Chyras did not exist, RTR is not so realistic then!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Scutum is generally translated as Theuros, but it's not that clear. The Latin cognate for Aspis is "Clipius" but it's still not possible to tie either down to a specific type. Generally you might say that the Clipius was round and the Scutum oval.

[antisocialmunky]

Well, RTR have their intepretations, EB has its. As long as it's fun.