03-28-2012, 07:16 PM
Hi, we all try to make our kit as accurate as possible yet I have another question. This time it is not about the armor but about the environment of a hoplite.
I tried to find reading material about the matter but my personal library doesn't cover this and I seem to use the wrong keywords regarding the matter on the internet...
How would a greek encampment would have looked like? As a whole and the personal space of a hoplite. We know Greeks didn't like long campaigns but they surely must have something they slept in and kept personal belongings safe from other individuals but also from weather conditions. I read somewhere Spartans slept only on a bedroll but I don't like the mythical powers they give to spartans. They are human beings and I cannot believe spartans would have liked to fight in a wet chiton or have their bronze armor constantly installed out in plain sky. In the "Western way of war" (book) I see a lot of complaints of the heat in bronze armor while out in the sun so my guess is they must have stored in out of the sun when not fighting. These are guesses only and therefore my question is if there is any information about encampments of Greek armies (preferably spartan) or what a hoplite residents where like during war.
On events (like historia mundi) I would like to recreate a less or more accurate site of a spartan officer during campaign. So I wonder what would be a correct tent? what furniture should I bring along? I often see these tripods at events? Should I buy myself one or spare the money for other things? Many thanks for more information
I tried to find reading material about the matter but my personal library doesn't cover this and I seem to use the wrong keywords regarding the matter on the internet...
How would a greek encampment would have looked like? As a whole and the personal space of a hoplite. We know Greeks didn't like long campaigns but they surely must have something they slept in and kept personal belongings safe from other individuals but also from weather conditions. I read somewhere Spartans slept only on a bedroll but I don't like the mythical powers they give to spartans. They are human beings and I cannot believe spartans would have liked to fight in a wet chiton or have their bronze armor constantly installed out in plain sky. In the "Western way of war" (book) I see a lot of complaints of the heat in bronze armor while out in the sun so my guess is they must have stored in out of the sun when not fighting. These are guesses only and therefore my question is if there is any information about encampments of Greek armies (preferably spartan) or what a hoplite residents where like during war.
On events (like historia mundi) I would like to recreate a less or more accurate site of a spartan officer during campaign. So I wonder what would be a correct tent? what furniture should I bring along? I often see these tripods at events? Should I buy myself one or spare the money for other things? Many thanks for more information
