Academia EU. Not read it yet.
https://www.academia.edu/27081447/_From_Terror_to_Tactical_Usage_Elephants_in_the_Partho-Sasanian_Period_The_Parthian_and_Early_Sasanian_Empires_Adaptation_and_Expansion_eds._V._Sarkhosh_Curtis_et._al._Oxford_2016_pp._36-41
I've just got the book from Oxbow - http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-parthian-and-early-sassanian-empires.html
is it worth getting, I have family who need suggests as to what to get me for Christmas etc :-)
Not sure yet - there's a queue.
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-parthian-and-early-sassanian-empires.html
Is it worth buying; probably not (but I did).
The article on Sasanian use of elephants doesn't tell us anything new in my opinion. I covered this (in greater depth I think) in a Slingshot article c. 2007 'Persian Pachyderms'
https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9781785702075/the-parthian-and-early-sasanian-empires/
Appears to be the correct URL - one "s" in "sasanian" not two.
I remember one of Phil's articles that mentioned how, unlike other mounts, elephants have a reverse gear.
Still waiting to see that one reflected in a wargames ruleset....
:P
Quote from: Nick Harbud on Aug 06, 2025, 01:34 PMI remember one of Phil's articles that mentioned how, unlike other mounts, elephants have a reverse gear.
Caution! This elephant is reversing!
Quote from: Nick Harbud on Aug 06, 2025, 01:34 PMI remember one of Phil's articles that mentioned how, unlike other mounts, elephants have a reverse gear.
Still waiting to see that one reflected in a wargames ruleset....
:P
Now there is a thought! Perhaps I should treat them like triremes in my naval rules, able to perform anastrophe and move backwards as easily as forwards ::)
Presumably they make some form of beep-beep noise when reversing?
I was thinking that any reversing noises might be rather less musical and probably smellier...
:P