09-30-2010, 10:36 PM
Something that has bothered me has been the idea of the adoption of a shield for heavy cavalry (e.g. hetairoi) in the Hellenistic states -- particularly for the Seleukids. What information is available for shields and cavalry such as the hetairoi and agema? It's not in a very obvious place, is it? From a coin of Seleukos II showing him on horseback on the reverse, I would imagine that the hetairoi remained as lancers at least until the late 3rd century and perhaps through Antiochos III's reign. What about afterward and for the other Hellenistic states?
