06-02-2008, 11:33 AM
What made the Agrianian peltast/javelineer an elite (light) infantryman ??
Were they all (aprox. 1000 troops) picked man ?
Was it their way of fighting ? (surely not very different from the other thousands of Balkan fighters in Macedon's army)
Or were they much better armed, trained and disciplined by Macedonian officers ?
Or was this special core in someway absolute loyal to Alexander ?
Maybe it is a mix of the above.
These special soldiers of Alexander (as the hypastist) intrigues me very much, and i think manny feel the same way
Were they all (aprox. 1000 troops) picked man ?
Was it their way of fighting ? (surely not very different from the other thousands of Balkan fighters in Macedon's army)
Or were they much better armed, trained and disciplined by Macedonian officers ?
Or was this special core in someway absolute loyal to Alexander ?
Maybe it is a mix of the above.
These special soldiers of Alexander (as the hypastist) intrigues me very much, and i think manny feel the same way