DarthTaco said:Yes Ej, yes it is.
ANYHOW....
Back on topic, did Egypt retain any sence of it's past military heritage what so ever?
DarthTaco said:Yes Ej, yes it is.
Chariots and funny dancing, that's really it.Ej777 said:DarthTaco said:Yes Ej, yes it is.
ANYHOW....
Back on topic, did Egypt retain any sence of it's past military heritage what so ever?
DarthTaco said:Chariots and funny dancing, that's really it.Ej777 said:DarthTaco said:Yes Ej, yes it is.
ANYHOW....
Back on topic, did Egypt retain any sence of it's past military heritage what so ever?
DarthTaco said:Yeah, funny dancing. Don't you read my good man?
After being conquered by Persia, then Macedonia, then being settled by Greeks and Hellenistic Peoples? I doubt it.Ej777 said:DarthTaco said:Yes Ej, yes it is.
ANYHOW....
Back on topic, did Egypt retain any sence of it's past military heritage what so ever?
Seriously? So, nothing else apart from chariots and war cries?
A great deal of the Ptolemaic army was armed in the Macedonian fashion. A large portion fought in a Macedonian phalanx with small shields and long pikes. Now the Ptolemies did employ large numbers of mercenaries as well.Yulemus said:I don't have any images, but I do know a thing about the structure of the Ptolmaic army, focusing on short speared Hoplites, rather than the pike based Macedonians.