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07-06-2010, 04:31 PM

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Sean Manning:2bsuzgyz Wrote:But I agree that because he and his army were so much better than their opponents, he could do things which his successors struggled to match.

Yes on that I completely agree, it was the main point I was trying to make. The lack of this massive quality advantage meant the Diadochi had to fight differently and one of those differences was a reduction in the importance or prominance of havy cavalry.

Why a lack of quality make you want to reduce your heavy cavalry in numbers and prominance? I'm not going to reduce the amount of missiles I have in my arsenal just because another country has the same amount and quality.

Besides, you do see a numerical increase and an even heavier reliance on cavalry during the reign of the sucessors. I hardly think the Selucids would have had cataphracts if they thought their cavalry was less important than it had been in Alexander's day.

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degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by eugene - 06-20-2010, 10:07 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 06-24-2010, 02:50 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 06-24-2010, 04:58 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Eleatic Guest - 06-24-2010, 10:01 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by eugene - 06-24-2010, 12:51 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by eugene - 06-24-2010, 04:10 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Astiryu1 - 06-24-2010, 04:34 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Dan Howard - 06-24-2010, 09:44 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 06-25-2010, 02:37 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 06-25-2010, 06:03 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by hoplite14gr - 06-26-2010, 12:00 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Lysimachos - 06-28-2010, 03:31 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-02-2010, 03:19 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-02-2010, 04:03 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-02-2010, 06:42 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-04-2010, 05:22 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-04-2010, 05:41 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by John Conyard - 07-04-2010, 05:44 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 07-04-2010, 06:24 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-04-2010, 06:41 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-05-2010, 12:19 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-05-2010, 04:34 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-05-2010, 06:13 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-05-2010, 06:38 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 07-06-2010, 02:09 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-06-2010, 02:33 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-06-2010, 04:31 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-06-2010, 06:59 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-06-2010, 08:24 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Timotheus - 07-07-2010, 11:35 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-07-2010, 04:03 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-07-2010, 09:58 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-08-2010, 01:08 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-08-2010, 02:44 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-08-2010, 04:40 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-08-2010, 12:18 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by John Conyard - 07-08-2010, 12:28 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-08-2010, 09:57 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-08-2010, 10:05 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-08-2010, 11:10 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-08-2010, 11:54 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 07-09-2010, 02:17 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-09-2010, 03:51 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-09-2010, 04:39 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-09-2010, 05:02 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-09-2010, 06:46 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by geala - 07-09-2010, 09:05 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-09-2010, 09:17 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-09-2010, 09:59 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Sean Manning - 07-10-2010, 02:06 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by geala - 07-10-2010, 05:22 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-10-2010, 07:16 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paralus - 07-10-2010, 07:30 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paullus Scipio - 07-10-2010, 07:41 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Paralus - 07-10-2010, 07:50 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by geala - 07-10-2010, 07:57 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-10-2010, 03:08 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by geala - 07-10-2010, 06:39 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-10-2010, 07:56 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by geala - 07-11-2010, 07:39 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-11-2010, 02:36 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-11-2010, 10:16 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-12-2010, 04:21 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-12-2010, 06:51 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-12-2010, 10:29 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-13-2010, 02:02 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-13-2010, 03:15 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-13-2010, 10:48 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-13-2010, 11:30 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-14-2010, 12:33 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-14-2010, 05:08 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by hoplite14gr - 07-14-2010, 10:53 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Macedon - 07-14-2010, 11:18 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-14-2010, 02:10 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by hoplite14gr - 07-14-2010, 03:12 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-14-2010, 04:22 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-14-2010, 05:00 PM

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Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-14-2010, 08:53 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Astiryu1 - 07-14-2010, 11:25 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by hoplite14gr - 07-15-2010, 10:04 AM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by Felix - 07-20-2010, 10:45 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-21-2010, 03:33 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by abou - 07-23-2010, 02:23 PM

Re: degradation of Greek cavalry in Hellenistic era - by PMBardunias - 07-23-2010, 03:48 PM

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