02-09-2008, 09:36 PM
Apologies,Inaki...I'm afraid my memory has played me false! Both Xenophon and Poybius use the term 'peltophoroi' (lit: pelta carriers), but I got confused - it is Boeotian pikemen who are so called.
In fact, the Achaeans are called 'peltasts' ( e.g. Appian , drawing on Polybius, describes the 3,000 Achaeans at Magnesia as 'peltasts') rather than 'peltophoroi'
In fact, the Achaeans are called 'peltasts' ( e.g. Appian , drawing on Polybius, describes the 3,000 Achaeans at Magnesia as 'peltasts') rather than 'peltophoroi'
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
