06-24-2010, 06:10 AM
Ruben wrote:
...Not so fast ! You seem awfully quick to dismiss one of the few pieces of evidence regarding the macedonian shield ! The man is clearly a Macedonian Heavy armoured infantryman, is he not ? He is not a dismounted cavalryman for these bore different, larger shields with spina/umbo, as other parts of the frieze show.
IIRC all the heavy Macedonian infantry at Pydna were sarissaphoroi, so this man is almost certainly one such fighting without sarissa following the break-up of the phalanx. It therefore most assuredly is a valid piece of evidence !
D wink:
Quote:Good, then we can accept that that shield on the Pydna monument is not a valid piece of evidence when discussing phalangite shields.
...Not so fast ! You seem awfully quick to dismiss one of the few pieces of evidence regarding the macedonian shield ! The man is clearly a Macedonian Heavy armoured infantryman, is he not ? He is not a dismounted cavalryman for these bore different, larger shields with spina/umbo, as other parts of the frieze show.
IIRC all the heavy Macedonian infantry at Pydna were sarissaphoroi, so this man is almost certainly one such fighting without sarissa following the break-up of the phalanx. It therefore most assuredly is a valid piece of evidence !
D wink:
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
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