03-22-2008, 08:13 PM
Courtesy of Athanasios Porporis Melbourn Hoplitikon.
in the following link
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t178 ... ch2007.jpg
...you can see a very accurate recinstruction of the irregular horsemen fielded by the Greek rebels against the Ottoman Empire during the 1821 revolution
The black coats of those leading the horses are the mountain shepards goat felt capes . Probably being in use in the Balkans from the Bronze Age.
Kind regards
in the following link
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t178 ... ch2007.jpg
...you can see a very accurate recinstruction of the irregular horsemen fielded by the Greek rebels against the Ottoman Empire during the 1821 revolution
The black coats of those leading the horses are the mountain shepards goat felt capes . Probably being in use in the Balkans from the Bronze Age.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com