03-31-2007, 12:32 PM
You mean this dude?
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That's from John Warry's book, Classical warfare, and is supposed to be a member of Cyrus the Younger's bodyguard. He's supposed to be displaying a Median cavalriman with Greek influences, and of a type that would later develop in the cataphract.
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That's from John Warry's book, Classical warfare, and is supposed to be a member of Cyrus the Younger's bodyguard. He's supposed to be displaying a Median cavalriman with Greek influences, and of a type that would later develop in the cataphract.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)