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The Draco standard
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12-11-2012, 02:38 PM
Quote:About the Dacians/Getae as horse archers or having a significant part of their troops as cavalry, we have Thucydides and his work Peloponnesian Wars, Book II, were he said that "[Getae] border on the Scythians and are armed in the same manner, being all mounted archers".
I'm sure that most of us agree that there are no depictions of Dacians as horse-archers, and that Thucydides had Scythians in mind. Or are you suggesting that the steppe horse archers received their influences from the Dacians? I find that a very remarkable thought, especially when we usually see the influences (horse, archery, stirrups etc) going the other way around. Are you sure there's no nationalistic pride involved here? :unsure:
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The Draco standard - by Robert Vermaat - 11-02-2012, 02:05 PM
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The Draco standard - by Robert Vermaat - 11-09-2012, 06:43 PM
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The Draco standard - by diegis - 11-09-2012, 10:56 PM
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The Draco standard - by Robert Vermaat - 11-13-2012, 06:26 PM
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The Draco standard - by Nadeem - 12-10-2012, 10:49 PM
The Draco standard - by Renatus - 12-11-2012, 04:24 AM
The Draco standard - by Robert Vermaat - 12-11-2012, 02:38 PM
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The Draco standard - by Alanus - 04-02-2013, 09:02 PM
The Draco standard - by Flavivs Aetivs - 04-02-2013, 10:29 PM
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The Draco standard - by Robert Vermaat - 04-03-2013, 02:54 PM
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