Hollow Lakedaimon

I recently re-read a paper on Greek swordsmanship: “Footwork in Ancient Greek Swordsmanship” Brian F. Cook, Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol...

Here is some information from a paper on the pressures generated by crowds: "Prediction of human crowd pressures" Accident Analysi...

I have, after years of trying off and on, finally gotten in contact with Rob McDermott. If you have not seen his simulation of hoplite comb...

One of the most common objections to my model of the othismos phase of hoplite combat as essentially two crowds moving against each other st...

If you've read the paper below then you already know this, but I will summarize the key points and contrast them with the other two alte...

To date there has been no hoplite reenactment groups with enough men and the will to go at it full speed to properly recreate phalanx on pha...

Those who support a literal interpretation of the othismos as a pushing match have pointed out that the hollow design of the shield allows t...