v 1.2 Macedonian Peltastai (Elite): assault role must be a joke, right?

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A guard? You mean in the 3rd century? Ok. But earlier it was imho more an elite taxis for special tasks and the connection between phalanx and cavalry. I think, hypaspistes comes from hyper aspides (or similar; don't get upset, my Greek is a bit rusty ) -under the (aspis)shield- and refers to the shields used.

Then: were the hypaspistai later also called peltastai (perhaps when the term "hypaspistai" became just a synonym for "guards")? I ask this because it was said in the thread and I can't still believe it.