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Ancient and Medieval History / Ritual well found in Etruscan ...
Last post by Duncan Head - Aug 13, 2026, 05:51 PM #62
Weapons and Tactics / Re: Infantry charging cavalry
Last post by dwkay57 - Aug 13, 2026, 04:27 PMBut were the Parthians in an "uncontrolled advance" or a "wild charge" or did they get too close and have to shoot at "really close range" to avoid any penalties for shooting uphill and failed their movement test for trying to evade on difficult terrain? 
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Weapons and Tactics / Re: Infantry charging cavalry
Last post by Jim Webster - Aug 13, 2026, 03:11 PMIt is one of the interesting examples where infantry charged cavalry
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Digital Roman Road atlas
Last post by PhilM - Aug 13, 2026, 02:26 PMGoing back to the original question, it's possible that the article referes to Mike Haken's updated atlas of the Roman Roads of Britain here:
https://roadsofromanbritain.org/digital-britannia/background.html
You need either GIS or Google Earth Pro to make use of it but it's dead easy to use if you have access to either. It was released round about the time of the original question so it would make sense.
https://roadsofromanbritain.org/digital-britannia/background.html
You need either GIS or Google Earth Pro to make use of it but it's dead easy to use if you have access to either. It was released round about the time of the original question so it would make sense.
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Man buried near Stonehenge...
Last post by Nick Harbud - Aug 13, 2026, 01:19 PMIt seems like quite a crass mistake to make if one had planned to bury a man....
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Man buried near Stonehenge...
Last post by DBS - Aug 13, 2026, 12:17 PMIf, if, she was indeed a "shaman", maybe the rear right leg was her allotted portion? That said, a bone necklace is perhaps not the most conclusive evidence of a religious function.
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Weapons and Tactics / Infantry charging cavalry
Last post by Justin Swanton - Aug 13, 2026, 11:58 AM(split from https://forum.soa.org.uk/index.php?topic=10891.0)
Carrhae reminds me of Publius Venditius, the Roman general who crushed Parthian attempts to capitalise on Carrhae. I have no idea how to replicate his battles on a miniatures table except by introducing a special rule that hands the battles to the Romans, namely the inability of the Parthian LH to evade a charge by Roman foot (!). Here's Wiki's summary of the battle:
When the Parthians got to the town, which sat on a small hill, they encountered Roman legions confidently formed in battle order on the slopes. The Parthians rushed to attack - whether this order came from Pacorus or was a spontaneous charge is unknown. In any case, Ventidius ordered his troops, who had the advantage of high ground, to attack the horse-archers advancing up the slope. The horse-archers were forced into close-quartered combat against the legionaries and suffered heavily for it, for they were unsuited for such combat. The Parthian cavalry's will eventually broke and panic spread, many of the horse archers being driven down the slope where they crashed into their fellows in their desperation to escape. The horse-archers eventually fled or fell.
Parthian heavy cavalry, which was stationed at the bottom of the hill, was enveloped and surrounded by the legionaries. Instead of immediately attacking with the legionaries, Ventidius made use of his slingers to rain down projectiles on the Parthian heavy cavalry, which included Pacorus himself. After the barrage was lifted the legionaries moved in and were quickly able to identify Pacorus because of his standard and expensive armour. Pacorus was eventually slain along with his bodyguards, and the remaining cavalry broke and attempted to flee from their entrapment, which not all managed to do.
Carrhae reminds me of Publius Venditius, the Roman general who crushed Parthian attempts to capitalise on Carrhae. I have no idea how to replicate his battles on a miniatures table except by introducing a special rule that hands the battles to the Romans, namely the inability of the Parthian LH to evade a charge by Roman foot (!). Here's Wiki's summary of the battle:
When the Parthians got to the town, which sat on a small hill, they encountered Roman legions confidently formed in battle order on the slopes. The Parthians rushed to attack - whether this order came from Pacorus or was a spontaneous charge is unknown. In any case, Ventidius ordered his troops, who had the advantage of high ground, to attack the horse-archers advancing up the slope. The horse-archers were forced into close-quartered combat against the legionaries and suffered heavily for it, for they were unsuited for such combat. The Parthian cavalry's will eventually broke and panic spread, many of the horse archers being driven down the slope where they crashed into their fellows in their desperation to escape. The horse-archers eventually fled or fell.
Parthian heavy cavalry, which was stationed at the bottom of the hill, was enveloped and surrounded by the legionaries. Instead of immediately attacking with the legionaries, Ventidius made use of his slingers to rain down projectiles on the Parthian heavy cavalry, which included Pacorus himself. After the barrage was lifted the legionaries moved in and were quickly able to identify Pacorus because of his standard and expensive armour. Pacorus was eventually slain along with his bodyguards, and the remaining cavalry broke and attempted to flee from their entrapment, which not all managed to do.
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Ancient and Medieval History / Man buried near Stonehenge was...
Last post by Duncan Head - Aug 13, 2026, 10:58 AM #69
Battle Reports / Re: A long and bitter Optio ba...
Last post by Keraunos - Aug 13, 2026, 10:37 AMQuote from: Erpingham on Aug 13, 2026, 08:42 AMQuote from: Keraunos on Aug 13, 2026, 08:20 AMPhotographs of Tercios?
Which sort of reminds me - what happened to your blog? I used to like the photos of your figures on that.
I ran into technical problems with the blog. The server stopped accepting photographs and I got fed up with trying to work out what the cause of the problem was. Plus lots of life started happening and I have not yet got back into a placid stream where a spot of blogging would add to the enjoyment of leisure.
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Battle Reports / Re: A long and bitter Optio ba...
Last post by Keraunos - Aug 13, 2026, 10:32 AMQuote from: Justin Swanton on Aug 13, 2026, 10:03 AMQuote from: Keraunos on Aug 13, 2026, 08:20 AMSure.Quote from: Justin Swanton on Aug 13, 2026, 06:21 AMQuote from: Keraunos on Aug 13, 2026, 03:03 AMA great battle report. I really must give Optio a trial when I can extricate myself from theAny photos?messmass of Tercios I am committed to painting for a club campaign this autumn.
Photographs of Tercios?
Rather than polute the limpid pool of the SoA website with pictures of out of period Tercios I attach some links to blog posts on painting and gaming with the 10mm Tercios and related troops that I have been working on.
https://d6ornod6.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-different-scale-different-era.html
https://d6ornod6.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-spanish-are-coming.html
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hi67A8Vmy/
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H9VTFEBPd/
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19CNWt61yf/