Hollow Lakedaimon

I happened upon an image of othismos as I describe it in my crowd-othismos model: men packed tight belly to back, not pushing side-on. This ...

I recently stumbled upon this band on youtube and have to support anyone who sings about Sparta.

I am often asked how and why men enter the close-packed formation needed to conduct the othsimos as I define it. Here is a little video by ...

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...