For the Byzantine cavalry, you have already the 6 Red Box sets : light cavalry/cataphracts and clibanaries...which are quite successful. While waiting for the Best with Linear...
Hello, To answer to the asked question... ...many of those (Figurensets) who have been already announced for some time . As the old Babylonians (Amorrites?), the Gutian, the Urarturian or the Lydian ...soldiers . Not civils . Producing a set of Cilician pirates is not a very bad idea and can be explained by the previous choices of Linear A : Cilician pirates, armies of Pompey , Crassus, Cesar...all these sets are from the same period. However in the field of piracy I would have largely preferred for example a set of Illyrian "pirates". This theme is more original, rare and these offered to the Romans a resistance superior to 59 days !!!
Three wars in total with some very interesting characters ( The queen Teuta/Demetrios etc ..) and above all the composition/ equipment (the helmets !!) /outfits for the Illyrian troops that are to my opinion very more interesting too... A more important contribution as well of the unknown and undervalued Illyrians to history . A regret .
Hello Stéphane !! The elephants look very good. Curiously, the crossing of the Alps by Hannibal's brother, Hasdrubal - defeated at the Battle of Metaurus where he is said he have lined up several elephants - is much less celebrated. It is true that it was in spring and not in winter. Sothe Hannibal's crossing therefore appears more glorious. The law of first times... And the prestige attached to Hannibal's military genius.
Hello Stéphane, Oui effectivement . Les hip..hip..hip...Hourrites !! Joli travail surtout avec le mix bronze et fer pour les équipements défensifs (cuirassés/casques). Quant aux armes, apparemment exclusivement en bronze .
The Fortress is very impressive... Unfortunately, like the very very long wall that protected the borders of Northern China, the Great Wall, this one seems to have been unable to prevent the surge of the...Achaeans/Mycenaeans . Which however allowed us to read an epic book (Homer) and see a no less good film at the cinema!!
Very nice painting . A turquoise blue that makes us think of the most beautiful and exotic beaches in the world... Yet the arrival of the Assyrian army somewhere doesn't really evoke the paradise, but rather hell and fire !?
Concerning the temple of Segesta that I visited recently, the interest lies besides its good preservation and its Greek style, in the fact that it was built by a non-Greek people (the Elymaeans).
Perhaps as part of a strategic alliance with Athens against Sparta's allies in Sicily: Syracuse and especially Selinus, the rival city of Segesta. According to the words of our guide. But it remained unfinished. The Athenian rout on the Epipoles plateau near Syracuse maybe explained this (!?).
thank you for your posts on the Roman city of Xanten ! (ulpia Traiana then tricense). Learned a lot of things thanks to you and in particular the incredible existence of this archaeological park near the city. I have attached 2 screenshots taken from your link which shows the beauty of the Roman style. Sorry but for me, it will always be more Trajan and the Legion XXX ULPIA Ulpia Victrix than Sigfrid and the Nibelungen !!. I recently visited Sicily and it is really worth a look, especially with its Greek cities and temples installed in the heights in the south of the island (Agrigento/Akragas and Selinunte). In the Roman villa of Casale, I saw mosaics from the Late Empire which look a bit like those in the archaeological park of Xanten (Tricensimae?). Attached are some other screenshots of the Roman park in Xanten for those who like me did not know it and photos from my trip to Sicily. Very beautiful both.
Not bad. Everything made of stone lasts over time.. I recently inquired about visiting the site of their ancient capital, in Northeast Turkey. Interesting things to see but the site seems difficult to access and a little isolated. The inhabitants/soldiers of Arzawa: curious to see what they looked like. Crypto-Hittites?
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!
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 !!
Very nice work indeed Stéphane . But what a pity that the American compagny used a very soft plastic for this kind of sophisticated construction. The hard one would have been very much better ! The secrets of Gods...
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