05-24-2007, 09:22 PM
Thanks for the information gentlemen. One other related question - did the later phalangites of Alexander's army continue with the swords of antiquity - viz. the xiphos and the kopis, or had different hand-held weapons evolved by then?
Cry \'\'\'\'Havoc\'\'\'\', and let slip the dogs of war
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Imad