Macedonian Soldier Stele

[Paullus Scipio]

I was not suggesting that traditional 'peltasts', armed with light shield (pelte) and javelins had disappeared as a type altogether, merely that Greek mercenaries had 'evolved' from distinct 'Hoplites' and 'peltasts' into a single type referred to as 'mistophoroi' ( and I don't think Luke was suggesting that peltasts disappeared either).....and the successors of this type become 'thureophoroi' etc with a change of shield. The traditional javelin armed peltasts still continued as javelin armed skirmishers, found in most armies, often Agrianes, Thracians and other Balkan types and no longer 'Greek' peltasts....