"Battle of Delium 424BC" Topic
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| Nottingham Wargames | 26 Oct 2022 5:07 a.m. PST |
A rendition of the notable defeat of the Athenians by the Thebans (at that time allied with Sparta). The actual battle witnessed the first recorded episode of ‘friendly fire' when The Athenians broke through the Theban allied lines in several points only to encounter and fight one another in the Theban rear – at this time there were few visual indicators of which side you were on! The battle also saw clever use by the Theban general – Pagondas – of light troops and a deeper phalanx, to break the Athenian left and swing round to defeat the rest of the Athenian army. The Thebans really were quite the innovators of ancient Hellenistic warfare…. In our refight, the Athenians completely failed to make any impact. They did break a block of Theban allied hoplites in the centre, but had their flanks stripped of light troops and their own elite phalanx was hit in the flank by some Boeotian peltasts and routed.
Many more images at Nottingham Wargames Club: link |
DFLange  | 26 Oct 2022 11:12 a.m. PST |
Nicely painted ancients. What set of rules did you use? |
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