08-05-2011, 03:23 PM
No. I am inclined to think it was an actually total (2 x 150 pairs).
The 300 figure is a recurring one in ancient units.
Possibly on the day the unit was understrength - perhaps some survived - perhaps some where elsewhere on the battlefield for some reason.
But it has always confounded me how the 300 figure integrates with the usual more 4/8/16/32 kind of arrangement that seems to be suggested in phalanx arrangements. I guess it doesn't because the unit was always separate (when it fought as a unit)...
The 300 figure is a recurring one in ancient units.
Possibly on the day the unit was understrength - perhaps some survived - perhaps some where elsewhere on the battlefield for some reason.
But it has always confounded me how the 300 figure integrates with the usual more 4/8/16/32 kind of arrangement that seems to be suggested in phalanx arrangements. I guess it doesn't because the unit was always separate (when it fought as a unit)...
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Ghostmojo / Howard Johnston[/size]
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]