You in the battle line did not see, effectively fleeing meant casting off Greek hoplite fought next to his neighbors, friends and family. Psychological principle keeps these men in their ranks?” When examining infantry, then, it is important to ask “what Tight (just how tight varies) body of infantry working and fightingįortified to that task, or the stress of battle will reduce the formation to a Battle is scary – being charged by cavalryĮspecially so – but heavy infantry derives its effectiveness from a fairly In getting it to cohere under the stress of battle. Historically, a great deal of the trouble in producing good heavy infantry was Greek hoplites from the Chigi Vase (650-640 BC) now in the National Etruscan Museum, Rome. Like the Dothraki, or the Second Sons), all point to the Greek hoplite as the The combination of close-order infantry tactics, spear-and-shield combat kitĪnd relatively heavy armor (especially compared to their regional competition, Pop-cultural depictions of Greek hoplites (many of which stress their whiteness to an uncomfortable degree). That may be a touch surprising if you are These are Greek-style hoplites, fighting in a phalanx formation. Historical basis for the show’s design of the unsullied is actually very clear: Then we’ll look at armor, weapons, and finally other equipment. Rules for the plausibility of the design. These sorts of ‘kit reviews’ will work: first we’ll establish the historical basis of the design, if there Some criticisms, but overall, I think the design for the Unsullied is one of Only fair to single out something I think, overall, works really quite Thought this was a pretty decent idea: I spent a fair amount of time beating up Historical model and how well it manages to be historically plausible. Review’ post, rather than looking at a scene or sequence, we’re going to lookĪt a character (or type of background character) and all of their ‘kit.’ We’ll try to figure out if the kit has a
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