Whenever one reads about the Greeks (lumping Alexander and the Successors all in as one) there always seems to be a few chapters "comparing and contrasting" the Greeks to the Romans. "Soldiers and Ghosts" is no exception and gives a fascinating recount of the cultural as well as military forces that guided the Roman legionary war machine development (see below):
All these books seem to be drawing me away from WWII modelling intentions (see New Year's Resolutions) but heck "variety is the spice of life". My DBA+ armies of 15mm ancient painting projects 'frozen in time' are now calling me:
- Republican Romans
- Hoplite Greeks
- Early Achaemenid Persia
- Alexandria Macedonian
But which to start first? The Romans seen to be a bit of a front runner as I already have a Later Carthaginian army in need of the Roman Republican opponent to fight
;)
I have various incomplete Roman armies across four different scales...oh, dear...
ReplyDeleteTrue. Romans would be the easy way. But I'd prefer hoplites ;)
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ReplyDeleteSebastion G the hoplites "would nicely finish off a wargaming collection before I move onto something else
But I am torn which to chose, pragmatically the smaller collection may hold sway
Monty: You bad boy! I have at least avoided scale creep with respect to my ancients so far, being a 15mm metal man, however those 28mm plastics may break me!
What four scales?
25/28mm, 15mm, 10mm, 6mm?