SP Antiquity Dark Ages 485AD Darkness Rising

[GradiusCaelius]

Good thing there are alot of sources for dark age britian out there. If you combine that with dark age Eastern Rome sources then you I think you could accuratly represent Europe in that time frame. Not sure if you have any of the Total war games but the Medieval II mod Invisio Bararorum has a sub mod set in britian/northern france area that I felt accuratly represented things. You could use that as a reference if you think it would help with the armor and weapon designs. Not sure if the people of good old Hybernia acted as mercenaries at that time but if you find info on that then Gaelic mercenaries could be a neat addition.

 

[matmohair1]

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[Kaampper]

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do you mind if i ask what these are?  paintings for on the Shields? banners? i notice the roman word Equité  , it has something to do with cavalry right ?

 

[Sayd Ûthman]

as far as i know equite is the latin word used for the cavalry and horse-related stuff

 

[F.F.C._fritz]

Late-roman or roman-byzantine cavalry shield patterns, I've seen a similar image in an osprey book about early byzantines.
Tough I've never fully understood the scentificity of those sources...

 

[matmohair1]

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Recent research by Dr RAFFAELE D’AMATO

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[Kaampper]

@matmohair1 i really like your posts.

 

[F.F.C._fritz]

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Right, now I got the "scientificity" of those shield patterns. 
Great pics as always!

 

[Octavian.]

This looks pretty neat.

 

[Auldman]

as far as i know equite is the latin word used for the cavalry and horse-related stuff

I am sure you are wrong. Equite was a social class, less than senatore, more than citizen. Too much Rome Total War.

It was a Roman social class. You are correct. They were also Roman horse cavalrymen and Total War were, in this instance, not wrong: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/equites

 

[Gothic Knight]

as far as i know equite is the latin word used for the cavalry and horse-related stuff

I am sure you are wrong. Equite was a social class, less than senatore, more than citizen. Too much Rome Total War.

Nope, it's a matter of both. Equites is a social class as well as a name for Roman cavalry.

 

[matmohair1]

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[Kaampper]

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Do you know what the Dutch were called in the dark ages?

 

[matmohair1]

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[Roach XI the Magnificent]

I am sure you are wrong. Equite was a social class, less than senatore, more than citizen. Too much Rome Total War.

Actually, "equites" means "horsemen". It was used for units as well, for example, equites sagitarii, or cohors equitata (for auxiliary cohorts that consisted of both infantry and cavalry). It's also liberally used in Latin texts to describe cavalry.

 

[Kaampper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je_KwUUP7l8

You have probably all seen this, but i thought i'd post it, its a link to youtube showing the 1st out of 10 parts , the Dark Age, from History Channel.

grtz

 

[Gothic Knight]

I am sure you are wrong. Equite was a social class, less than senatore, more than citizen. Too much Rome Total War.

Actually, "equites" means "horsemen". It was used for units as well, for example, equites sagitarii, or cohors equitata (for auxiliary cohorts that consisted of both infantry and cavalry). It's also liberally used in Latin texts to describe cavalry.

And it was also a social class.

 

[Roach XI the Magnificent]

And it was also a social class.

But the original point was that it was JUST a social class. Which is wrong. And social classes are not relevant to a warband mod.

 

[Hofiko]

My point is that, the latin equite was primarily used for social and economic class, I believe. However, as equites were the main recruits to form the early Roman cavalry, equite became a word describing a horsemen. So, you might be right Roach, as we are talking about very late Roman Empire, not Republic.

 

[Gothic Knight]

And it was also a social class.

But the original point was that it was JUST a social class. Which is wrong. And social classes are not relevant to a warband mod.

Oh, then why in the world did you quote me:p.