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#91
Ancient and Medieval History / Dating Arthur's battle list in...
Last post by Erpingham - Aug 03, 2026, 12:23 PMHere's another of those articles Arthurian fans in our ranks either love or hate. It has studies of language and studies of poetry (one French example is very crude - where's the courtoisie in that, you might ask) to examine the dating of Nennius' battle list.
King Arthur and the Origin of Bardic Verse
Bernard Mees
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/994760
King Arthur and the Origin of Bardic Verse
Bernard Mees
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/994760
#92
Shows & Events / Re: IPMS show - DBA competitio...
Last post by Imperial Dave - Aug 03, 2026, 06:22 AMExcellent competition finished off with a nail biting Polynesian civil war that went down to the line
#93
Shows & Events / Re: IPMS show - DBA competitio...
Last post by Martin Smith - Aug 02, 2026, 08:53 PMQuote from: Imperial Dave on Aug 02, 2026, 07:29 PMIndeed....Sniffy even loaned me one of his armies...and you got a good bunch of wins, too 👍🏼.
Interesting theme, the Americas/Pacific list, plus later littoral armies (doing a 'Thor Hyerdahl'....).
#94
Shows & Events / Re: IPMS show - DBA competitio...
Last post by Imperial Dave - Aug 02, 2026, 07:29 PMIndeed....Sniffy even loaned me one of his armies
#95
Shows & Events / Re: IPMS show - DBA competitio...
Last post by Denis Grey - Aug 02, 2026, 06:02 PMQuote from: Imperial Dave on Aug 02, 2026, 11:50 AMSoooo...i find myself inadvertently attending the IPMS in Thornbury and taking part in the DBA competition being run by Keith McGlynnAnd presumably playing some Championship games in the process.
I blame Smiffy....
PS I blame Mr Smith too.
#96
Army Research / Re: Greek Temp fortification
Last post by shaun holdsworth - Aug 02, 2026, 04:30 PMthanks for that
#97
Battle Reports / Re: Not So Little Battles 2026
Last post by Jim Webster - Aug 02, 2026, 03:38 PMAn interesting battle and interesting to see the thoughts of looting and civilians.
#98
Army Research / Re: Indian warrior from Bereni...
Last post by Jim Webster - Aug 02, 2026, 03:36 PMTo be fair to the video it too mentions Satavahanas, and they are probably contemporary.
I look at India and see a pretty big field to delve into
I have a vague hope that at some point we'll get Indian members who can spearhead research in this area
I look at India and see a pretty big field to delve into
I have a vague hope that at some point we'll get Indian members who can spearhead research in this area
#99
Army Research / Re: Greek Temp fortification
Last post by Duncan Head - Aug 02, 2026, 03:25 PMAt Delium:
"Meanwhile Hippocrates made a levy in mass of the citizens, resident aliens, and foreigners in Athens, and arrived at his destination after the Boeotians had already come back from Siphae, and encamping his army began to fortify Delium, the sanctuary of Apollo, in the following manner. A trench was dug all round the temple and the sanctuary, and the earth thrown up from the excavation was made to do duty as a wall, in which stakes were also planted, the vines round the sanctuary being cut down and thrown in, together with stones and bricks pulled down from the houses near; every means, in short, being used to run up the rampart. Wooden towers were also erected where they were wanted, and where there was no sanctuary structure standing, as on the side where the gallery once existing had fallen in. The work was begun on the third day after leaving home, and continued during the fourth, and till dinner-time on the fifth..."
(Thucydides 4.90)
The Thebans used their famous flame-thrower against "the part of the wall principally composed of vines and timber" (Thucydides 4.100)
At Syracuse:
"The next day the Athenians began building the wall to the north of the Circle, at the same time collecting stone and timber, which they kept laying down towards Trogilus along the shortest line for their works from the great harbour to the sea" (Thuc. 6.99). The Syracusan counter-wall also included both stone and wooden stakes, and a ditch.
"Meanwhile Hippocrates made a levy in mass of the citizens, resident aliens, and foreigners in Athens, and arrived at his destination after the Boeotians had already come back from Siphae, and encamping his army began to fortify Delium, the sanctuary of Apollo, in the following manner. A trench was dug all round the temple and the sanctuary, and the earth thrown up from the excavation was made to do duty as a wall, in which stakes were also planted, the vines round the sanctuary being cut down and thrown in, together with stones and bricks pulled down from the houses near; every means, in short, being used to run up the rampart. Wooden towers were also erected where they were wanted, and where there was no sanctuary structure standing, as on the side where the gallery once existing had fallen in. The work was begun on the third day after leaving home, and continued during the fourth, and till dinner-time on the fifth..."
(Thucydides 4.90)
The Thebans used their famous flame-thrower against "the part of the wall principally composed of vines and timber" (Thucydides 4.100)
At Syracuse:
"The next day the Athenians began building the wall to the north of the Circle, at the same time collecting stone and timber, which they kept laying down towards Trogilus along the shortest line for their works from the great harbour to the sea" (Thuc. 6.99). The Syracusan counter-wall also included both stone and wooden stakes, and a ditch.
#100
Army Research / Re: Indian warrior from Bereni...
Last post by Duncan Head - Aug 02, 2026, 02:38 PMI'd not seen that myself. But yes, it does have a slight whiff of the Kushan era about it in the armour - though this article reckons Satavahana.