04-21-2007, 12:56 AM
Quote:Great work Johnny.
Units like hypaspists or argiraspides or later Bythinian guards
Later Bithynian guards? Bithynian guards of whom?
Quote:would probably be uniformed, if we assume that they were issued provided for by the state. Other men, even if they tried red they would have different shades.
Even if they were issued clothing by the state, I highly doubt they would have showed much uniformity.
Quote:Chances are that Alexnader's troops after Issos would wear exotic asiatic chitons.
Do you mean long-sleeved tunics? And you say this based on what, exactly?
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
