08-17-2007, 10:01 AM
Ha, recently by coincidence I have found at least one example of equal non-Roman feats. I cannot resist to post it here.
Reading Duncan Heads AotMaPW (one of the best books I ever bought) I came to the battle of Pisidia 320 BC. Antigonos Monophthalmos marched to this battle against Alketas with an army of about 47000 for seven days and 40 miles a day. Try to repeat this, you...Romans. :wink:
Unfortunately I don't own Diodoros myself (too expensive) and cannot go to the library, so I can not check the distance of the march, because D. Head tells not the starting point. D. Head cites Diodoros XVIII, 44-46.
If a big army could do this march, than the 7000 Romans could do their march too, I fear. So I have to dismiss my doubts.
Reading Duncan Heads AotMaPW (one of the best books I ever bought) I came to the battle of Pisidia 320 BC. Antigonos Monophthalmos marched to this battle against Alketas with an army of about 47000 for seven days and 40 miles a day. Try to repeat this, you...Romans. :wink:
Unfortunately I don't own Diodoros myself (too expensive) and cannot go to the library, so I can not check the distance of the march, because D. Head tells not the starting point. D. Head cites Diodoros XVIII, 44-46.
If a big army could do this march, than the 7000 Romans could do their march too, I fear. So I have to dismiss my doubts.
Wolfgang Zeiler
