06-15-2007, 04:14 AM
Hi zugislander !
I have been trying to put forward the view that Carthaginian mercenaries ( as opposed to ethnic types such as Spaniards or Gauls ) and African/Liby-phoenician levies were armed as thureophroi/mercenaries ( see above) and hence did not have body armour - at least until after Trebia.
I have been trying to put forward the view that Carthaginian mercenaries ( as opposed to ethnic types such as Spaniards or Gauls ) and African/Liby-phoenician levies were armed as thureophroi/mercenaries ( see above) and hence did not have body armour - at least until after Trebia.
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(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