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- Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:51 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Hair Loss
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1803
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:28 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Mixed Macedonian and Persian Phalanx
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3173
Re: Mixed Macedonian and Persian Phalanx
This formation was intended only for use against the Arabians, whom it is supposed, were light troops both on foot and mounted, against such an enemy missiles become important, the sarrissophoroi are to function merely as defence against any cavalry attack, as in the early eighteenth century. This ...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:44 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Mixed Macedonian and Persian Phalanx
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3173
Mixed Macedonian and Persian Phalanx
Arrian ( Anabasis ) briefly writes about a change Alexander makes to the phalanx at 7.23 but does not say anything more about it (and most obviously because Alexander dies shortly after without being able to implement this new formation in battle). Arrian writes: The Persians then were enrolled in t...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:21 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Macedonian Frescoes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1726
Re: Macedonian Frescoes
'Vergina: The Royal Tombs and the Ancient City' by Manolis Andronicus,1984 deals with those in the Royal Tombs but there are others such as the Tomb of Lyson and Kallikles( near Naoussa) I am unaware of any outside tombs but that is only due to the lack of preserved buildings. The same author wrote...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:43 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Macedonian Frescoes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1726
Macedonian Frescoes
Outside of a simple "image search" online, where is the best place (i.e. books/publications, article collection, etc.) to find nice images and information concerning Macedonian frescoes? Do they only occur in tombs? What are their range of dates? Has there been a major study on them, etc? ...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:00 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander and Ice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1706
Re: Alexander and Ice
Not Tyre or Gaza, but there is something similar mentioned about India. Athenaeus Book III. 124 c Even the excellent Xenophon, in the Memorabilia, knows of the use of snow in drinking, and Chares of Mitylene, when he recounts the siege of the Indian capital Petra. He says that Alexander dug thirty ...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:37 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander and Ice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1706
Alexander and Ice
I can't remember where (it may have been on the History Channel's program "Modern Marvels"), but I heard a story about when Alexander was around Tyre or Gaza and how he paid certain soldiers a reward if they brought back ice from the mountains in the area; the ice was used as a display of ...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:19 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: "New" Alexander bronze
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11786
Re: "New" Alexander bronze
Not to stir the pot or anything, but personally, I don't find his thighs to be that shockingly huge. As it was mentioned and alluded to before, Alexander would probably have built up his thighs a number of different ways: riding horse, marching/drilling, physical exercises etc. That being said, I wo...
- Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:08 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Coins of Philip, Alexander, and the Successors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2319
Coins of Philip, Alexander, and the Successors
Could someone suggest a few books that deal (as completely as possible) with the coins minted by Philip, Alexander, and the Successors? Or at least with Philip and Alexander? I am not so much interested in the issue date, minting process, etc. as I am in the iconography depicted on the coins. Thanks...
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:56 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Coragus' Sarisa
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21844
Re: Coragus' Sarisa
Has there ever been any evidence that pointed toward the sarissa used as a dual-purpose weapon? I have come across a few references that show the sarissa being used in various ways other than in the traditional 'close order' sarissa-phalanx: 1. In the battle of Raphia, Ptolemy and Antiochus began t...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:51 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander and Linen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3973
Re: Alexander and Linen
hello Rocktupac, In your research do you have considered the thorax from the tomb of Philipp, which was apparently iron covered with linen? Yes, that is discussed. The iron cuirass from Tomb II was most likely not covered with a layer of linen. In form, it is nearly identical to the type of armor s...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:14 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Interpreting a Line From Q. Curtius Rufus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7664
Re: Interpreting a Line From Q. Curtius Rufus
I, for one, would be most interested. There are actually few attestations in the extant literary sources that describe such. This is not to dismiss the "Tacticians"; rather to point up the dearth of descriptions of the phalanx in actual battle. The most celebrated is, of course, Polybios’...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:58 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander and Linen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3973
Re: Alexander and Linen
Thank you so much for the kind words, Fiona!
- Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:48 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander and Linen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3973
Re: Alexander and Linen
Congratulations rocktupac on the impact your research is having. The Discovery article was great, accessible and full of interesting detail. Where can I see the prize-winning poster? Fiona Thank you! :D However, the article was a little skewed by certain opinions of the author (Rossella Lorenzi) an...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:01 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander and Linen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3973
Re: Alexander and Linen
Thanks for the site rocktupac. How much does a regular size linen body armor weigh? A linothorax that will fit a man with size 38 inch to 42 inch chest (approx. 1 cm thick) weighs about 10 pounds (4.54 kg), and a linothorax that will fit a man with size 46 to 50 inch chest (approx. 1 cm thick) weig...