29.03.2005, 20:17
Sry fürs mehrere Beitrage hintereinander posten aber die Erklärung ist einfach das der Text zu lang ist: Und da man ev daß mit Iphicrates überliest: das ist der Absatz hier:
"The other innovation that completed this brilliant "New-Model" army was the lengthening of the infantryman’s spear to 12-15 foot length. This idea was copied from the famous Greek Mercenary General Iphicrates who had created a body of specialized troops of lightly armored, but well drilled pikemen that were trained to fight in a looser formation than traditional Hoplites. These "Iphicrataean" Hoplites were most famous for being involved in the destruction of a Spartan Mora (regiment) of 600 Hoplites at the battle of Coronaea in 300 B.C."
(wobei ich meine Infor weniger aus diesem Text als aus folgenden Büchern beziehe, Quellen:
The Persian Army 560 - 330 BC
The Spartan Army
Greek Hoplite 480 - 323 BC
The Army of Alexander the Great
Warfare in the Classical World
"The other innovation that completed this brilliant "New-Model" army was the lengthening of the infantryman’s spear to 12-15 foot length. This idea was copied from the famous Greek Mercenary General Iphicrates who had created a body of specialized troops of lightly armored, but well drilled pikemen that were trained to fight in a looser formation than traditional Hoplites. These "Iphicrataean" Hoplites were most famous for being involved in the destruction of a Spartan Mora (regiment) of 600 Hoplites at the battle of Coronaea in 300 B.C."
(wobei ich meine Infor weniger aus diesem Text als aus folgenden Büchern beziehe, Quellen:
The Persian Army 560 - 330 BC
The Spartan Army
Greek Hoplite 480 - 323 BC
The Army of Alexander the Great
Warfare in the Classical World