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Tuesday at 07:25

On 13/05/2024 at 11:50 AM, Lion.Kanzen said:

What pieces of war material are there in Iran's museums from this period?

If you mean war elephants, it was the Romans and the Arabs that mentioned about Persian war elephants.

5th century AD depiction of war elephant. It was found in Huqoq, a Roman Jewish village in ancient Galilea.

Ammianus Marcellinus mentioned armored elephants deployed against Julian the Apostate, but i should remind you it's rare to deploy armored elephants so Persian war elephant should have a customization option for each war elephants as a means to portray historical accuracy.

May 12

An article regarding elephants in Sasanian army from Encyclipedia Iranica

https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/elephant-ii-sasanian-army

May 12

Persians preferable method of siege warfare: siege mine, siege tower, siege ladder.

Siege weapons like onager and ballista was used but not mangonel (due to Delenda Est timeline).

Rare tactics, units or strategem: chemical warfare (although i heard they are among the first to use explosives during Bahram Chobin's assault on Hephthalites camp), Elephants (psycholgical effect, pioneering or engineering but usually logistics related tasks).

May 12

22 hours ago, Lion.Kanzen said:

What kind of Helmet?

Parthian helmet, used by the warriors of Surena in the battle of Carrhae.

Late Parthian/ early Sassanian helmet and horse barding

May 12

Helmet for cavalryman

I've seen Ammianus Marcellinus mentioned well armed soldiers firing arrows from the city walls when Julian the Apostate attacks Persian cities. I've came across with Professor Mohsen Zakeri that a certain Marzban (margrave) employ Sughdian mercenaries to defend the walls of a certain Georgian city.

Photo from Eran ud Turan

May 10

On 05/05/2024 at 10:17 AM, Lion.Kanzen said:

Plate I mean.

The Shahanshah was wearing a long sleeved hauberk, meanwhile the trooper's armor consists of cheires (arm guard), helmet, neck guard, hauberk and a cuirass and a tunic. Meanwhile the horse wears no armor at all.

May 10

Sassanian archer basic: reuse spearman skin, bow and a quiver of arrows.

Sassanian archer advanced: reuse spearman skin with helmet and hauberk, bow and a quiver of arrows.

Sassanian archer elite: armed like a dismounted cavalryman. cavalry helmet, hauberk, bow, wicker buckler and a quiver of arrows.

May 5

The rank and file Sassanian infantry (swordsman and spear man) should look like the infantryman that carries spear and wicker shield in the picture.

Swordsman Basic: mail coif, hauberk, short sword and wicker shield.

Swordsman Advanced: ridge helmet, hauberk, short sword and wicker shield.

Swordsman Elite: ridge helmet, hauberk, short sword and buckler.

Spearman Basic: unarmored, long spear and wicker shield (My suggestion: reuse 0 AD spara texture)

Spearman Advanced: mail coif, hauberk, long spear and wicker shield (My suggestion: reuse 0 AD spara texture, DO NOT use Osprey's Sassanid shield!)

Spearman Elite: ridge helmet, hauberk, long spear and wicker shield.

I will talk about Sassanian archer and mercenaries next time due to time constraint, goodbye.

May 3

Diving deep into Sassanian military stuffs is no easy task, i need some time to explore when a lot of information is contradicting against each other.

Sassanians seems to prefer mining and siege towers when they conduct siege warfare, therefore i suggest Delenda Est team to consider sword auxiliary unit. The appearance of this particular troop should have: 1. A helmet (ridge helmet) or mail coif 2. A mail hauberk 3. A wicker shield/buckler.

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