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#41

Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Iron age coin hoard sells ...

Last post by Imperial Dave - Mar 05, 2026, 06:53 PM

6 cows

#42

Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Iron age coin hoard sells ...

Last post by Jim Webster - Mar 05, 2026, 06:00 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2284zx4jo

Nice little earner...

So somewhere between 12 and 15 cows. Wonder what they'd have originally bought 

#43

Army Research / Re: Sardinians in the Second P...

Last post by Jim Webster - Mar 05, 2026, 03:39 PM

I suspect the 'double legion' was just the usual pairing of Roman and Allied.
Campaigning in Sardinia normally took a full consular army, so a garrison of ten thousand men was probably fair enough give the island's importance as a source of grain and silver

#44

Ancient and Medieval History / Iron age coin hoard sells for ...

Last post by Imperial Dave - Mar 05, 2026, 03:30 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2284zx4jo

Nice little earner...

#45

Battle Reports / Re: Caesarian Romans v Gauls u...

Last post by simonw - Mar 05, 2026, 10:06 AM

David, we will re-fight the battle again twice in the next 2 weeks. We tend to do the same game in threes because clearing the table of and changing armies completely is quite demanding for me these days with my MS. I'll keep you posted.
Cheers
Simon

#46

Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Bronze age weapons seized ...

Last post by stevenneate - Mar 05, 2026, 09:22 AM

What is so sad is the loss of archaeological and historical context.

It is for sure. Lost knowledge.

#47

Battle Reports / Re: Caesarian Romans v Gauls u...

Last post by dwkay57 - Mar 05, 2026, 08:13 AM

What would be an interesting exercise is for you to re-fight the battle (possibly a solo effort) using the same terrain, armies, order of battle and tactics, but just with different dice rolls and see if the outcome is any different.

#48

Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Bronze age weapons seized ...

Last post by Ian61 - Mar 04, 2026, 11:29 PM

What is so sad is the loss of archaeological and historical context.

#49

Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Bronze age weapons seized ...

Last post by stevenneate - Mar 04, 2026, 10:03 PM

These were the weapons Trump was sending to Iran to start the uprising of the people. What they sent to Ukraine was expensive, so cuts (no pun) had to be made. Emptying the museums was on a par with reusing the weapons fron the Terracotta Army.

Still, these would look good mounted on the wall in my gaming area, so I will take them off their hands, tarriff free!

#50

Army Research / Re: Sardinians in the Second P...

Last post by stevenneate - Mar 04, 2026, 09:57 PM

And that's how clever Fabius Cunctator's plan was. Avoid battle with Hannibal whilst sending every soldier to Sardinia. And in Italy, noboby will notice a thing....