advantages especially if you're also trying to poke the other guys with a
large sharp stick (i.e., a spear).
That said, from what I remember from my military history classes, the
typical way of doing battle in the pre-classical Greece was to allow the
champions to beat the crap out of each other first. Then if your champion
won everyone on your side would charge the enemy, who would usually run away
at that point. If your champion got the crap beat out of him, your side
would usually run away while the enemy would charge.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 2:48 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Troy
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> >>They had big shields.
>
> Or they were really tiny people.....I mean, in all of the
> pictures I have seen of ancient civ's, it shows the pictures
> and glyphs of all of these tiny people.....or I am just ready
> to go home and it is Monday, yeah, that's probably it.....;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 2:47 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Troy
>
>
> > They used a lot more armor than I remember being told
> > they used.....actually, I thought I remember something about the
> > greeks fighting nude.
>
> In your dreams! :-p
>
> And greco-roman wrestling. Or is that a dream fantasy too?
>
> They used armor. I also recall a passage from the Illiad
> about bringing soldiers home on shields to their wives. They
> had big shields.
>
> -Kevin
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