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- Sat Sep 01, 2018 5:29 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 57516
Re: Hephaestion
I agree: Heckel is on the money with Gaugamela. Hephaistion commanded the personal foot guard of the hypaspists and these will have been in the foremost of those phalanx troops forming Alexander's "wedge". Hardly surprising he was wounded and no minor command. I think Xenophon has nailed t...
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:19 am
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: Books/Documentaries/Podcasts on Diadochi Wars
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12348
Re: Books/Documentaries/Podcasts on Diadochi Wars
Ancient Warfare podcasts: https://thehistorynetwork.org/elite-units-of-the-hellenistic-era/ https://thehistorynetwork.org/royal-stalemate-hellenistic-kingdoms-at-war/ https://thehistorynetwork.org/alexander-the-wars-of-the-successors/ https://thehistorynetwork.org/the-seleucid-empire-at-war/ https:/...
- Thu May 24, 2018 5:08 am
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: Books/Documentaries/Podcasts on Diadochi Wars
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12348
Re: Books/Documentaries/Podcasts on Diadochi Wars
Yes, we've been a bit remiss. There aren't too many simply on war; most are narrative histories including wars. Some of the below are available in soft copy. Legacy of Alexander: Politics, Warfare and Propaganda under the Successors. Alexander's Veterans and the early Wars of the Successors. War in ...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 57516
Re: Hephaestion
I do not believe Alexander ever envisioned Hephaistion and himself as anything approaching a "dual regency" and I do not believe there is any cogent evidence for such. Alexander was the Macedonian king. Macedonian kings did not share power and Alexander was certainly no exception. His rule...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:39 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 57516
Re: Hephaestion
Can't say I'd disagree with any of that - especially the second point. Alexander clearly found the man competent. The notion that Hephaistion, when given army commands, needed another officer to essentially "ride shotgun" is, I suspect, one of those interpretations you take issue with. I'd...
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:42 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The sarissa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4665
Re: The sarissa
And so we can have Theophrastus opining about the "longest sarisa". A xyston, to a Macedonian, will have been a "shorter" sarisa.
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:05 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The sarissa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4665
Re: The sarissa
Perhaps the best guide is Theophrastus, the only source who was contemporary with Philip and Alexander who says the 'longest' pikes/sarissae were 12 (Athenian) cubits which is 5.29m, or 17.2 feet. Indeed he does and for those without the text ( Enquiry into Plants , 3.12.1-2): The wood of the ‘male...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:45 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Hephaistion in the mosaic?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21971
Re: Hephaistion in the mosaic?
I've always inclined to Guagamela and for the reason Sean has mentioned: the end of Dareios. The forest of spears are Macedonian as they are too long to be hoplite spears of 8-9 feet. That next to the tree is a standout example. In art perspective is all and it can be difficult to cram in all that t...
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:59 pm
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Direction of the forum
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78530
Re: Direction of the forum
Thanks Alexias. I can see why you say "adapt". It's quite general and would require some editing to cover the Diadochi. I've got a couple that suit better I can modify.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:02 pm
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Direction of the forum
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78530
Re: Direction of the forum
A debated subject that! Can you send it to me first?Alexias wrote:Thanks! I found a timeline of the Successors I could adapt.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:49 am
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Direction of the forum
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78530
Re: Direction of the forum
Looking good Alexias. I'm getting there on the Diadochi....
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:13 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The cry of the tomb of Alexander the Great from the desert at Siwa Oasis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2815
Re: The cry of the tomb of Alexander the Great from the desert at Siwa Oasis
You aren't sounding very happy about all of this Stathi! Can't say I disagree with you but it was ever the way in Greece. The Generals and Alexander, the Vergina tombs.... If it makes you feel any better, it is worse in the Levant and "Holy Land" where everything has a religious / modern p...
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:27 pm
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Direction of the forum
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78530
Re: Direction of the forum
As for size, I don't know. 500 words? That's about a pageful, but I'll leave it entirely up to you. Divided into nice bite-sized chunks always helps with attention spans. 500 words might cover the first year (ditto for Philip)!! More seriously, I assume this is for the main page? If so, we'll need ...
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 7:17 am
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Direction of the forum
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78530
Re: Direction of the forum
Agree with Xenophon on the work you're putting in. Much appreciated.
On the Diadochi, I could put something together. Away at the moment but back next week. See what time permits.
On the Diadochi, I could put something together. Away at the moment but back next week. See what time permits.
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:51 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Did Alexander command the PHALANX at Chaeronea?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 101482
Re: Did Alexander command the PHALANX at Chaeronea?
I've no doubt that had Philip told Alexander such the latter's reaction will have been as he paints it. Fact is, Worthington states, as fact, that Philip told Alexander he'd be left behind. This is entirely possible of course, but possibilities are not facts - particularly when no evidence is provid...