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by Andreas Johansson
Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:08 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Polybian Roman
Replies: 28
Views: 19159

Re: Polybian Roman

How dare you accuse me of being anything but serious about playing with toy soldiers! My suggestion of course assumes ( contra Mr Barker) that cavalry with intermixed infantry deploys on a wider front than the same number of cavalry would on their own. This is making excrement up, strictly speaking,...
by Andreas Johansson
Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:39 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Polybian Roman
Replies: 28
Views: 19159

Re: Polybian Roman

How about this for effect: " Hamippoi, 0 pts: For every Javelin Cavalry stand in the army, you may replace a stand of Rabble or Light Foot with another Javelin Cavalry stand, and for each Bad Horse stand you may similarly replace a Rabble or Light Foot stand with another Bad Horse stand. Both the or...
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:53 pm
Forum: Painting Miniatures
Topic: Hittites
Replies: 5
Views: 7915

Re: Hittites

The AP Dark/Strong/Soft Tone Inks are very close to the old Citadel Badab Black, Devlan Mud, and Gryphonne Sepia washes respectively.
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:27 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Meshwesh minor errors and typos
Replies: 137
Views: 263726

Re: Meshwesh minor errors and typos

Post-Mongol Russian and Medieval Swedish need one another as enemies.
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:59 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Camillan Roman
Replies: 3
Views: 3454

Camillan Roman

The discussion of Polybian Romans got me looking at the Camillan list, which has triarii and hastati as Elite foot, while the principes are lumped Latins and raw recruits as Heavy Foot. What did they principes do to be classed as worse than the hastati?
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Polybian Roman
Replies: 28
Views: 19159

Re: Polybian Roman

I should also have mentioned that Thucydides' hamippoi are Boiotian. When battle (1st Mantineia) is eventually joined after much manoeuvre and diplomacy, the Boiotians are no longer present, and we anyway don't hear about what any cavalry did in the battle. (All translators presume they were combata...
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:29 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Polybian Roman
Replies: 28
Views: 19159

Re: Polybian Roman

Greek Hamippoi and Germanic light infantry are noted as fighting in close cooperation with cavalry, even intermixing with them, but not, AFAIK, as hitching a ride. Thucydides 5.57.2 mentions hamippoi ; oddly, most online translations render this as "dismounted troopers", but this is probably an exam...
by Andreas Johansson
Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:39 pm
Forum: Battle Cards
Topic: Battle Cards
Replies: 5
Views: 8272

Re: Battle Cards

OK, having googled a bit more and had a chat with Duncan over at the SoA forums, I've gathered the following: Herodian appears to be the only source. His wording is compatible with either armoured or unarmoured camels. Duncan feels that the wording suggests armoured beasts - I'm more inclined to thi...
by Andreas Johansson
Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:04 am
Forum: Battle Cards
Topic: Battle Cards
Replies: 5
Views: 8272

Re: Battle Cards

Hatra would be Arabo-Aramean, yes. Ca AD 200 it was an Arsacid vassal.

I'll look and ask around a bit if there's any other sources with more detail when time permits.
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: Battle Cards
Topic: Battle Cards
Replies: 5
Views: 8272

Re: Battle Cards

Palmyran cataphract camels Palmyran cataphract camels? Is that a slip for Hatrene (the WRG identification), or is there reason to ascribe the things to Palmyra too? A very brief look round the 'Net - and I don't have time for anything else ATM - leaves me with a terrible suspicion the whole thing m...