To begin with, the armament of the infantry is assigned to three types if we make the most basic distinction. These three types are on the basis of their equipment: the hoplite, the light-armed and the peltasts… The Peltasts are more lightly armed that the hoplites, their shield is both smaller and lighter than that of the latter, and their javelins are lighter than the spears or sarissas of the hoplites, but they are heavier than the javelins of the light-armed.
- Arrian Tactica
Over the past few weeks and months, we've released a veritable plethora of Greek, Spartan, Assyrian and Persian miniatures. These were part of Immortal Miniatures, a company we bought out at the end of 2011, and have been reorganized and steadily re-released.
One troop type has seen a lot of attention – peltasts.
Rick Priestley - author of our Ancients rules, Hail Caesar - has put fingers to keyboard to explain more about these light troops, and how they perform in games of Hail Caesar.
Interested? Look no further than this article…