04-03-2009, 04:13 PM
Have any of you seen Asclepiodotus online anywhere? He is the only one I cannot find translated.
Also I have my doubts that there was a general transition from light troops with small round pelta to oblong thureophoroi. There were many oblong shields in both thrace and the east. Surely various light troops would have been armed with them. I think the "appearance" of the Thureophoroi simply marks the wide-scale adoption of the specific scutum-esque shield of the west (Not just invading Celts, but from Italy and Adriatic as well).
Also I have my doubts that there was a general transition from light troops with small round pelta to oblong thureophoroi. There were many oblong shields in both thrace and the east. Surely various light troops would have been armed with them. I think the "appearance" of the Thureophoroi simply marks the wide-scale adoption of the specific scutum-esque shield of the west (Not just invading Celts, but from Italy and Adriatic as well).
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
