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Need some information about Mantinea 207 BCE
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10-31-2007, 12:43 PM
Quote:Where can I get some information about this battle that was fought between Sparta and the Achaian League?

The main source is Polyibus XI.11-18, which you can find online in English at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... /home.html

There is a briefer acount in Plutarch's life of Philopoimen at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... /home.html

Quote:Specifically what I'm curious about is whether the Spartan army of this era was in any way different from the ones that fought in the Persian and Peloponnesian wars as far as uniforms, equipment, tactics etc. Did the Spartans copy the Seleucid armies by incorporating elephants?

The Spartans adopted the Macedonian sarissa in the 220s. See Polybius' acocunt of the Sellasia campaign (in Book 2) and Plutarch's life of Agis and Cleomenes.

(No elephants, though.)
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Re: Need some information about Mantinea 207 BCE - by Duncan Head - 10-31-2007, 12:43 PM
Mantinea207 and ctapults - by Paullus Scipio - 11-16-2007, 06:07 PM
Catapults - by Paullus Scipio - 11-16-2007, 07:46 PM
Early Artillery - by Paullus Scipio - 11-19-2007, 12:54 AM
"Stone-Throwers" - by Paullus Scipio - 11-20-2007, 08:32 AM
Re: "Stone-Throwers" - by D B Campbell - 11-22-2007, 04:43 PM
Onomarchos stone throwers - by Paullus Scipio - 11-24-2007, 06:29 AM
Re: Onomarchos stone throwers - by D B Campbell - 11-24-2007, 12:01 PM
Macedonian catapults - by Paullus Scipio - 11-24-2007, 01:55 PM
Re: Macedonian catapults - by D B Campbell - 11-24-2007, 02:02 PM
Re: Onomarchos stone throwers - by D B Campbell - 11-24-2007, 04:24 PM
Onomarchus catapults - by Paullus Scipio - 11-24-2007, 10:51 PM
Re: Onomarchus catapults - by D B Campbell - 11-25-2007, 10:29 AM
Stonethrowers - by Paullus Scipio - 11-25-2007, 11:32 AM
Re: Stonethrowers - by D B Campbell - 11-25-2007, 07:34 PM
Perobolos - by Paullus Scipio - 11-26-2007, 08:08 AM
Re: Perobolos - by D B Campbell - 11-26-2007, 08:48 AM
\'Stone-throwers - by Paullus Scipio - 11-26-2007, 10:03 PM

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