Tango01  | 08 Jan 2025 3:51 p.m. PST |
"I've been re-reading all my books and articles on the Macedonian Wars. These covers the campaigns of Alexander through the Wars of the Successors (Diadochi), and ultimately to the wars against Rome. Fuelled with all that historical goodness, I want to write a series of posts on the Hellenistic armies with troops fighting "armed in the Macedonian fashion". I start with, what does "armed in the Macedonian fashion" actually mean?…"
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| BillyNM | 08 Jan 2025 10:39 p.m. PST |
Is a shield in the right hand Macedonian fashion? ;o) |
 John the OFM | 09 Jan 2025 9:39 a.m. PST |
It does make it difficult to draw the sword, doesn't it? 😄
Maybe that explains the edge the pilum armed Roman's had over the phalanx. |
| John the OFM | 09 Jan 2025 9:51 a.m. PST |
"I know something you do not know! I am not left handed!"
Inigo Montoya |
| Bolingar | 09 Jan 2025 10:31 a.m. PST |
Which era of Macedonia? And leave the poor chap alone!
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| Bolingar | 09 Jan 2025 10:37 a.m. PST |
Early Macedonian hoplite.
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| Shagnasty | 09 Jan 2025 12:20 p.m. PST |
Bolinger's first post shows my understanding of the 'classic' Macedonian fashion. |
| Tango01 | 09 Jan 2025 2:56 p.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 09 Jan 2025 4:59 p.m. PST |
Seriously, this is just another example of mirroring an original image to avoid copyright protection. You see it in YouTube videos where officers are wearing their medals on the wrong side. 🤷 |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2025 3:00 p.m. PST |
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 piper909 | 14 Jan 2025 8:18 p.m. PST |
Paint those helmets white and the fleshtones blue and you have an army of Smurfs! |
| Tango01 | 15 Jan 2025 3:09 p.m. PST |
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