Civ: Palmyrenes

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

Infantry equipment.

I had already shared my vision of the Palmyra swordman infantry above.

https://www.twcenter.net/threads/updated-collection-of-palmyrene-and-late-phartian-early-sassanid-armies-pics-and-miniatures.772222/

 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/archive/index.php?thread-18515.html

Composition of the armies of the third century.

It would seem that, if III Gallica are representative of other legions, the Roman army in the east remained loyal to Rome after the death of Odenathus. There could well have been defections, but as far as I know there's no evidence for this.

 

Palmyrene cavalry was very heavily armoured, so cataphracts would be a good guess. Otherwise, Zosimus gives Zenobia 'Syrians... Saracens and Armenians' - apparently light cavalry. Palmyra was a great trading centre, and probably made good use of mercenaries - the shifting allegiance of the Saracens and Armenians might reflect this.

 

Aurelian's army of the period was similarly polyglot: 'Mauritanian horse... Tyaneans... Mesopotamians... Syrians... Phoenicians, and... Palestinians' besides the Praetorians and legionary troops drawn from the Danube. (all quotes Zosimus , Historia Nova, Book I)

 

- Nathan

Edited 55 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

https://www.eliteminiaturesaustralia.com.au/a-miniatures-palmyran-army-3rd-century/?srsltid=AfmBOootOYKRW1X_8_8-2LqMPbaZcWsD7OyOnIvm8ALkbG7Qh2ZLwLTf

 

This is difficult; there aren't many sources on the appearance of archers.

Basically, it's a combination of Eastern archers with a Persian archer and a Syrian auxiliary archer.

Edited 20 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues