01-29-2006, 03:24 PM
Ya know, I have the book where the picture on the cover is taken from.
I have always wondered...Why the heck did Angus McBride paint the Phalangites like Hoplites?
I mean, come on...with a 20 foot sarissa there is no way someone would be able to hold an Argive shield. I had always heard that the phalangites used a smalled buckler strapped to their forearm of hung a shield from the neck. In a Peter Collony book, it depicted them not even using a shield (?).
Ack. For some reason that just really bugs me.
Well I hope the book is good. Thanks for the heads up.
I have always wondered...Why the heck did Angus McBride paint the Phalangites like Hoplites?
I mean, come on...with a 20 foot sarissa there is no way someone would be able to hold an Argive shield. I had always heard that the phalangites used a smalled buckler strapped to their forearm of hung a shield from the neck. In a Peter Collony book, it depicted them not even using a shield (?).
Ack. For some reason that just really bugs me.
Well I hope the book is good. Thanks for the heads up.
-thanks for reading.
Sean
Sean
