tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1297689026407373039.post2756006935268927479..comments2024-02-23T00:49:27.273-05:00Comments on Hollow Lakedaimon: The Aspis: surviving hoplite battle. Part 2Paul Michael Bardunias, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13902446390906008391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1297689026407373039.post-19165721175401377522009-02-18T10:11:00.000-05:002009-02-18T10:11:00.000-05:00Thanks, I could not ask for a better reception of ...Thanks, I could not ask for a better reception of my ideas. I agree that once you understand it it seems obvious that this is what occurred. Getting people to the initial understanding is a challenge because we generally have little experience with crowds such as this and much of the mechanics are counterintuitive.Paul Michael Bardunias, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13902446390906008391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1297689026407373039.post-59442435833582966312009-02-18T04:16:00.000-05:002009-02-18T04:16:00.000-05:00Brilliant. Going to crowd disasters for informatio...Brilliant. Going to crowd disasters for information was simply brilliant. I'm a mere history nut and wargamer, but I've always been conscious that there was some real gap in my understanding of how things worked at the sharp end of a phalanx (or a cohort, for that matter). Among other things, I could not resolve how certain battles involved massive casualties on one side and almost none on another through any other model I had thought of. Your proposal offers such a good solution that I have to skip all the usual qualifiers and just say, "This has to be it".GM Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164066744759251638noreply@blogger.com