09-27-2013, 09:10 PM
Bosporan Hoplite: 4th Century BC
This man probably would have stood in the middle ranks of a Phalanx formation, being from the lower or middle class. He carries a short sword based on the Vergina tomb finds, wears a Pilos helmet, has a large Aspis and a Spear.
His Aspis displays a cheetah, associated with the god Dionysus. He has probably never seen a cheetah in his life though.
(I based this particular design from the mosaic at Pella which displays dionysus naked riding a cheetah. Sounds like a hell of a party.)
He wears pants and a long sleeve tunic to compensate for the cold and marshy Bosporan climate, and his belt is of Scythian manufacture.
Inspired by the Anabasis and Comitatus Greek Re-enactment groups.
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This man probably would have stood in the middle ranks of a Phalanx formation, being from the lower or middle class. He carries a short sword based on the Vergina tomb finds, wears a Pilos helmet, has a large Aspis and a Spear.
His Aspis displays a cheetah, associated with the god Dionysus. He has probably never seen a cheetah in his life though.
(I based this particular design from the mosaic at Pella which displays dionysus naked riding a cheetah. Sounds like a hell of a party.)
He wears pants and a long sleeve tunic to compensate for the cold and marshy Bosporan climate, and his belt is of Scythian manufacture.
Inspired by the Anabasis and Comitatus Greek Re-enactment groups.
[attachment=8054]BosporanHoplite.jpg[/attachment]
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