"The Alani and Palmyra" Topic
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| timurilank | 27 Jun 2015 8:06 a.m. PST |
These last two installments will complete the series for the eastern frontier. The Alani were collected to function as interlopers against the Mountain Kingdoms (Iberia, Albania and Colchis) and the Sarmatae. link The Palmyran topic toys with the creation of a speculative list to fill in the period after the death of Commodus and the restoration of the frontier under S. Severus. It is a brief period, but one that offers a few interesting ideas for scenarios. link Next week, the focus will turn to the armies and enemies of the west. Cheers,
Robert |
| GurKhan | 27 Jun 2015 10:50 a.m. PST |
Before you give your Alan general a draco standard, you might like to look at Yatsenko's article "The Extremely Early Banners Found in the Territory of the Former USSR (the Complex with Alanian Banners from Dachi Necropolis near Azov, the boundary of the 1st-2nd cc. AD)" at link – it's in Russian, but the illustrations make the point clear enough! |
| timurilank | 27 Jun 2015 12:04 p.m. PST |
GurKhan, That is a very useful link, thank you. Long triangular banners were actually my first choice, but I could not find any references to substantiate that. So, I opted for the most common standard for the period as this seemed the fashion for the Carpi, Sarmatae, Romans and Parthians. Cheers, |
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