11-05-2006, 12:15 AM
Quote:Ruben,
Yes, the crescent pelta is debatable. I can't imagine light troops using a heavy aspides shield..!
Thongs/slings were used even up until Roman times. I know Livy writes about javelin thongs during the Macedonian wars (ca. 200 BC).
Thanks for the interest..!
Johnny
I stand corrected on the javelin thongs. However, there is absolutely no evidence that the crescent pelta was used in Alexander's time while there is some evidence of the use of the aspides shield (though probably smaller than the 90cm hoplite variety).
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
