12-15-2008, 02:44 PM
Thanks for the reply.
So the Hippeis were the elite bodyguard unit however they didn't really fought besides the king(in most cases) but on the right side of the line? Like the Macedonian Hypaspists basicly?
And the king fought and commanded in the center of the Spartan battle line(if so in the front line or in the center lines(from the 8 ), or was he commanding units behind the Spartan line?
So the Hippeis were the elite bodyguard unit however they didn't really fought besides the king(in most cases) but on the right side of the line? Like the Macedonian Hypaspists basicly?
And the king fought and commanded in the center of the Spartan battle line(if so in the front line or in the center lines(from the 8 ), or was he commanding units behind the Spartan line?
"Go and tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie." -Thermopylae
Peter
Peter