Bonsoir,

cette référence, Hät l'a appelé " alliés assyriens ", et lorsque l'on regarde ces figurines, il s'agit clairement de babyloniens.

Salut Brist,
Je partage tout à fait ton avis.
D'ailleurs, ce set des "Assyrian alliés" manque singulièrement de diversité quand on songe aux troupes de plus en plus diversifiées qui combattaient aux côtés des Assyriens proprement dits.
Arabes (thème traité admirablement par Caesar), Itteens, Gurreens , Manneens..des peuples nomades, des peuples des montagnes. Etc..
Open book consacre un dossier très bien fait et complet sur l'armée assyrienne (Neo Empire).
On aurait pu imaginer à propos de ce set aussi des Urarturiens, mais ceux ci étaient des adversaires farouches des Assyriens et d'après les illustrations que j'ai vues, les Urarturiens semblaient être beaucoup plus vêtus à la mode assyrienne (équipements et tenue) que babylonnienne .
Donc va pour des Chaldeens !!

Hi Brist,
I completely agree with you.
Besides, this "Assyrian Allies" set is singularly lacking in diversity when you consider the increasingly diverse troops who fought alongside the Assyrians themselves.
Arabs (a theme admirably handled by Caesar), Itteens, Gurreens, Manneens... nomadic peoples, mountain peoples. Etc.
Open Book has a very well-written and comprehensive article on the Assyrian army (Neo-Empire).
One might have imagined Urarturians in this set as well, but they were fierce opponents of the Assyrians, and from the illustrations I've seen, the Urarturians seemed to be dressed much more in Assyrian fashion (equipment and attire) than Babylonian.
So, let's go for Chaldeans!

Hi Brist,
I completely agree with you.
Besides, this "Assyrian Allies" set is singularly lacking in diversity when you consider the increasingly diverse troops who fought alongside the Assyrians themselves.
Arabs (a theme admirably handled by Caesar), Itteens, Gurreens, Manneens... nomadic peoples, mountain peoples. Etc.
Open Book has a very well-written and comprehensive article on the Assyrian army (Neo-Empire).
One might have imagined Urarturians in this set as well, but they were fierce opponents of the Assyrians, and from the illustrations I've seen, the Urarturians seemed to be dressed much more in Assyrian fashion (equipment and attire) than Babylonian.
So, let's go for Chaldeans!