Spartan males would be almost universally bearded, though this seems to have been kept shorter towards the end of the period. The Spartans generally had black curly hair which they kept long throughout the period often plaiting it in traditional, though outdated, Hellenistic fashion a Spartan soldier would always be in possession of a comb. According to Herodotus in his Histories, the Spartans, or Lacedaemonians, were descended from Dorian stock whilst the Athenians were descended from the Ionians. Hairstyles - Anecdotally, the Spartans refused to cut their hair until they had regained territories lost to them. Another hat, the petasos, made of felt or straw, was used as a sun hat and probably not used in battle by the heavy infantry, though there is some reference that cavalrymen and javelinmen wore this whilst actively engaged. Colour is conjectural but possibly white or black or other earth tone, or perhaps, red. Hats - The Spartan bronze pilos helmet emerged from an earlier felt version still worn in this period. Other, more exotic, choices being far less common. Occasionally, the crest would be composed of alternate bands of colour, most frequently in the natural colours mentioned, if a dyed band were used, most commonly red, then the alternate band would usually be a natural colour, either black or white, for contrast. This would most commonly be left a natural colour white, black, off-white, brown or red-brown, or sometimes dyed red. Athenian helmets were generally crested with horsehhair. Almost exclusively red in colour for both. Junior officers had the normal front to back crest, and senior officers were famed for their side to side, or transverse, crests. Spartan Pilos helmets were left unadorned.Ĭrests - Spartan rank and file helmets remained without horsehair crests in this period, only officers' helmets were crested. Occasionally the dome part of the helmet may be coloured, red being the colour most often used for this. Ancient polished bronze appears to be more of a gold colour than the typical reddish bronze tone we think of today. Helmets - Polished bronze generally, some Athenian officers may have some details picked out in silver. Their cavalry contingents could be larger as well as they allied themselves with the Thessalians who could provide excellent skirmishers. Spartan armies in this period do not seem to have used cavalry to any noticeable degree and seldom employed mercenaries, the light troops would be in similar proportions to the Hoplites as other armies but they did on occasion arm their slaves (Helots) to protect the camp and baggage although their military skills must have been extremely low.Īcharnania, Aitolia and Phokia: These lesser states differed from the richer ones by employing massed javelinmen, citizens in full Hoplite equipment were much rarer and were often accompanied by equal numbers of skirmishers. In addition small cities would be expected to supply contingents of Hoplites who would have only the most basic of training. Although this did not match the standard of the Spartans it was still considerably better than most of their opponents. The Spartiates were an elite component of the Spartan army but they were only the core, direct client cities that provided troops were also expected to have a high level of training. Die Deutsche Übersetzung der Street Violence Regeln.STREETFIGHT (Modified version of Bryan Ansell's RWNN). Russian Napoleonic Flags by Kevin Dallimore.Hoist the Black Flag (Pirate Flags by Kevin Dallimore).Renaissance Flags 1 (Imperialist and Spanish).Medieval Livery Flags of the Hundred Years War & Wars of the Roses.Great War German Cavalry Guide (John French and Kevin Dallimore).
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