05-17-2008, 09:51 AM
At the moment I'm reading a novel "The rise and fall of the sacred band of Thebes".
I am wondering what their fighting techniques were. At first they were dispersed along the ranks, probably fighting as front rankers ? Later Pelopidas moulted them into a single elite unit. They were elite shock infantry so i imagine they were heavily armored. But wat was their place on the battlefield (against the Spartans they fought on the left wing).
Were they the front rankers of the Theban contingent of the Boeotian army. Or did they really fought in 50 ranks deep together ? I can't imagine that because manny of them were "out of the fighting" in 50 ranks deep and they were only 300-strong
kind regards
I am wondering what their fighting techniques were. At first they were dispersed along the ranks, probably fighting as front rankers ? Later Pelopidas moulted them into a single elite unit. They were elite shock infantry so i imagine they were heavily armored. But wat was their place on the battlefield (against the Spartans they fought on the left wing).
Were they the front rankers of the Theban contingent of the Boeotian army. Or did they really fought in 50 ranks deep together ? I can't imagine that because manny of them were "out of the fighting" in 50 ranks deep and they were only 300-strong
kind regards
