04-29-2009, 05:57 PM
Sorry, Giannis....but this clip is most disappointing. The "authentic" spears are way too short, and the stylised 'pantomime', all too obviously choreographed, bears no resemblance whatever to anything that might have existed....not one of those moves could be carried out in a phalanx formation ! Further, most would have got a hoplite instantly killed, even in a one-on-one duel that is being depicted.......as for moves that involve leading with the right leg, with the shield placed behind.... :roll:
Of course, we can only guess at what might have been the fighting style of Hoplites in Phalanx - but this guess on the clip must be hopelessly wrong !! :lol: :lol:
Of course, we can only guess at what might have been the fighting style of Hoplites in Phalanx - but this guess on the clip must be hopelessly wrong !! :lol: :lol:
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
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Paul McDonnell-Staff
(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
