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Hi Tim,In my previous post, I spelled Lakedaimon, the way it was spoken, not writen.In modern Greece we call the region "Lakonia" (term used also in ancient Greece) and the people as "Lakones". When we refer to ancient times, we use -of course- the ancient term as it was: "L...

This is obviously the wrong forum & way for spreading political propaganda, replying to a studen't request. You must be Mr. Parisis. In any case it seems that you have no more places to be heard, since even the Greek Helsinki Monitor describes you as "inaccurate" and "exxadurating...

Interesting to note that ancient Greeks, in general, did not construct roads in the way that e.g. Romans or even Persian did. Their roads were practically dirtroads, poorly constructed, used only by merchands and farmers. All major commerce and transportation in general was done by sea and is obviou...

Plus, "where there's a will, there's a way"!Sorry, couldn't help it...

I just noticed the bad news!
Jona, I can only say that you'll be missed and that we'll feel the void in the forum.
However, I'm sure that you'll be good in whatever you do and I wish you the best of luck.Pitty we couldn't meet in Tehran, perhaps sometime in Greece then!regards,
Yiannis

No need to abuse the hospitality of this forum. If you have to post Alexander's romances, you can do it in one thread instead of pushing other interresting threads out of sight! Better yet, post the link once and get it over with.I can't speak for the others, but for me it's, at least, irritating.

Good point! Kausia, from Kausis (heat), not because it protected from the summer heat, but because it warmed people's heads during the winter. (and then of course there should be a summer version...)

Quite so! Apparently, a felt or straw Kausia would provide little protection against a cutlass

Glad you found the topic interesting. I thought it is!You can find frescoes from Macedonian tombs (as well as many more pictures of artifacts) here: http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/topic_10_1.html (check also the links on the left)The thing is that they're not in chronological...

We know a great deal about the way Macedonians were dressed for war, but not their everyday attire. One particular issue for me was that I've heard many times about their distinguishing hat, the Kausia, but had a very limited one idea on how it actually looked like. So, Kausia was large felt hat wit...

Dear Pothosians, you forget that if he wasn't THAT kind of man, he wouldn't be in Babylon to begin with...

I also think that the site of thounsands of enemies in a dusty plain and the fear of eminent death makes ehmmm, erection a bit difficult to accomplish... peeing in your pants is more probable!

I was unfortunate enough to be is such a hurry at Dubai's airport, that I bought this book without having time to first page through it. That, because a simple riffle would've been enough to show what a bore and full of inaccuracies book it is! I won't comment on the bore part, but here're some of t...

I don't think that the Persian kings and commanders were "concerned about peasants" and thus they would not send them into the frey of battle. It was not because of humanitarian concerns that they made this choice! The reason was that these units were totally uneffective when faced with he...

I've read it a year ago. It wasn't as good as "Gates of Fire" (I think that nothing that he'll ever write will surpass it), but it was a nice novel and quite well-written, I think..Worth reading, but preferably in paperback