Massalia

[ealabor]

City-State of Massalia
An interesting fusion Greek and Celtic influences



Skirmisher Arm

Celto-Hellenic Akontistai, Celto-Hellenic Peltastai, Celto-Hellenic Thureophoroi, Celto-Hellenic Sphendonetai:





Heavy Arm

Massalian Hoplitai Haploi, Massalian Hoplitai, Massalian Hoplitai Agema, Massalian Hippeis:








Regional Arm

Balearic Caetratii, Balearic Akontistai, Balearic Sphendonetai








Regional Arm

Celto-Hellenic Hippakontistai, Vocontii Cingetoi, Vocontii Marcacones, Vocontii Marcacu Cavarillas,







Regional Arm

Ausetani Ambaxtoi, Ausetani Cingetoi, Ausetani Catuuiroi:

[Ambalon]

FIRST! Also, nice javelin you got there on the third picture.
I see wat u did thar

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Made me want to play with Massalia

[Venitius]

Nice. I suppose Massalia will be a nice change as it's an interesting mix of two cultures.

[tFighterPilot]

Didn't they fight in Phalanx formation?

[NacroxNicke]

Hey ealabor, do you have some screen of the Macedonian troops? That will be nice to see.

Other question: ¿The materials of the armors have specular map or envmap_shader with earthenvmap?, That is a great improvement over bronce armors

[kurjajuur]

Slingers eh? 

[Aticus]

Slingers eh? 

I believe none of them were slingers, only whatever-you-call-javelins-in-the-language-of-Massalian throwers. Hehe... slingers.

FIRST! Also, nice javelin you got there on the third picture.
I see wat u did thar

(click to show/hide)

Made me want to play with Massalia

I only saw one javelin-thingy in flight in that picture. What did he "do thar"? The javelin-thingies' textures?

[Kvedulf]

Actually, there are slingers in that picture.  And 'sphendonetai' is the Greek term for slingers.  Don't ask me what the literal meaning of the word is though.  And if you didn't see them, have a look at the guys in the 10th and 11th pics.  I think there is at least one in the 3rd pic as well.  There might be more that I missed.   They are carrying what look remarkably like slings to me...

[SwissHalberdier]

sphendone = "sling", so sphendonetai quite literally does mean "slingers"

[ealabor]

Alright, this faction's troops are done

[Kvedulf]

Thanks SwissHalberdier.  My Greek is utterly woeful.  Short of military terms (with the exception of "sphendone" apparently)  my Greek extends as far as being able to say "the boat is in Byzantion" and "oh dear".

[mouthnhoof]

When ever I see these greek names it makes me want to shout:
"GET A HAIR CUT YOU HIPPEIS!" 

looks awesome!

[Tercero]

**** THIS IS GREAT!!

are slings working???

[ealabor]

of course

[Merlkir]

of course

How are they working? Some openBRF magic?