06-02-2007, 05:32 AM
A most interesting thread, and the Corfu cuirass and helmet are very interesting - nice to see what the iron cavalry cuirass given to Demetrius might have looked like.
For John Roberts :
Alas, Deepeeka were not around in Alexander's day !
The armour with which the army re-equipped in India was brought from home - "At this juncture there arrived from Greece, allied and mercenary troops under their own commanders, more than 30,000 infantry and a little less than 6,000 cavalry. They brought with them elegant suits of armour for 25,000 foot soldiers, and a hundred talents of medical supplies.These he distributed to the soldiers." (Diodorus 17.95.4 ) and the old rotting, flea and lice ridden stuff was burnt (Curtius 9.3.22 )
For John Roberts :
Alas, Deepeeka were not around in Alexander's day !
The armour with which the army re-equipped in India was brought from home - "At this juncture there arrived from Greece, allied and mercenary troops under their own commanders, more than 30,000 infantry and a little less than 6,000 cavalry. They brought with them elegant suits of armour for 25,000 foot soldiers, and a hundred talents of medical supplies.These he distributed to the soldiers." (Diodorus 17.95.4 ) and the old rotting, flea and lice ridden stuff was burnt (Curtius 9.3.22 )
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
