06-18-2007, 11:36 AM
For Etruscan/Roman hoplites, see Peter Connolly "Greece and Rome at War" and "Hannibal and the Enemies of Rome" for illustrations and detailed discussions of weapons, likely helmet types etc......they are similar, but significantly different to Greek types.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
