04-04-2006, 06:18 AM
Nice finds, Paul.
Although, I thought that the spear would slow you down more than that thanks to the air resistance provided.
Scholars have agreed that it is nearly impossible to maintain the desired formation on the run, without creating gaps. I read somewhere that the Spartans don't charge the enemy in the same manner as let's say the Athenians at Marathon; they walk at a steady cadence to the tones of the flute (someone prompted a discussion on the importance of flutists in phalanx marches - HEY! We need someone to re-enact a flutist, to prove his point!).
Although, I thought that the spear would slow you down more than that thanks to the air resistance provided.
Scholars have agreed that it is nearly impossible to maintain the desired formation on the run, without creating gaps. I read somewhere that the Spartans don't charge the enemy in the same manner as let's say the Athenians at Marathon; they walk at a steady cadence to the tones of the flute (someone prompted a discussion on the importance of flutists in phalanx marches - HEY! We need someone to re-enact a flutist, to prove his point!).
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I have not spent months gathering Hoplites from the four corners of the earth just to let
some Swedish pancake in a purloined panoply lop their lower limbs off! - Paul Allen, Thespian
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I have not spent months gathering Hoplites from the four corners of the earth just to let
some Swedish pancake in a purloined panoply lop their lower limbs off! - Paul Allen, Thespian
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