11-21-2008, 07:51 PM
Kineas wrote:
It would thus appear ALL spartans, at least, had brass-faced shields.......
Quote:I wonder how many shields were actually covered in bronze."...and a brass shield, because it is very soon polished and tarnishes very slowly.." Xen: Constitution of the Lacadaemonians XI.3
It would thus appear ALL spartans, at least, had brass-faced shields.......
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(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
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(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