Thursday, July 12, 2018

The Linothorax

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The Linothorax             The ancient Greeks knew that armor could be made of linen, woven from fibers of the flax plant, ( L...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

A reddit thread that I wound up posting quite a bit on.

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I saw this blog mentioned on a reddit thread, so I jumped in to add my two cents.  Fans of this blog will find the discussion interesting.  ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Hoplites at War

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My book Hoplites at War with Fred Ray will be coming out this fall.  http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-1-4766-6602-0 ...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

A simple pendulum for testing the strike force of spears.

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There is a renewed interest in testing the type of spear strikes that hoplites used in battle.  Much of this is done with more enthusiasm th...
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Monday, October 6, 2014

Christopher Mathew's flawed analysis of the mechanics of hoplite combat: 1

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I find myself having to dispel some of the new myths put forth by Chris Mathew's analysis of the mechanics of hoplite combat that formed...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

My other history related articles

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Here are links to other articles I have written for Ancient Warfare.  This was the original presentation of the crowd-othismos.  As y...
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The Storm of Spears and Press of Shields

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I received the OK from Jasper at Karawansaray Publishing to post my full article on hoplite mechanics as it appeared in the Marathon special...