Aha! Now that changes things! :) Very much looking forward to that particular update for the lists (btw Attila's army is not in the search engine index and is easy to miss at the bottom of the Western Hunnic page - only visible if you scroll down past Hunnic enemies - but that's another matter). Tha...

It's not easy to reach the necessary 48pts with the current list. e.g. with Ashurnasirpal II's army (at exactly 859BC), you need to take virtually everything just to reach 47 or 48pts. 4 x Chariots = 16 1 x Bad Horse = 3 3 x Raiders = 12 2 x Skirmishers = 6 4 x Bow Levy = 8 1 x Horde = 2 Total: 47pt...

While we're at it, do the Elite Foot represent surplus milites (whose horses weren't transported)? If so, I'm guessing they would best be represented by dismounted knights with swords combined with spearmen in heaviest armour. Thoughts?

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Except there are no Archers in the current Norman Invasion list.

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