Mega Mania Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I find it very interesting, since when did the Athenian and Spartan receive Pródromos while the Macedonian receive Hippakontistès Odrysón? Here's some picture:Plus an article about Thessalian cavalry and Alexander's army compositionStrootman_2012_Thessalian_Cavalry.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal Son Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Macedonians used many units of different native and allied/vassal/mercenary cavalry. However most of them were either using javelins or lances (sometimes even shorter sarissas) as their main weapon, so gameplay - wise it would be kinda pointless to represent all of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) This not total war, we can have all variation of same type in game, but indeed in atlas Edited February 25, 2014 by Lion.Kanzen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Your article counts the Thessalians as "heavy cavalry" and also quotes a number of Thracian "prodromoi" or scout/skirmish cav. I think The way I've designed it is correct. Thessalian Lancers as Cavalry Spearmen, and Odrysian (Thracian) cavalry as Cavalry Skirmishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Mania Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) The problem is that the Greeks (Athenians and Spartans) have Prodromos, why is it Thessalian scout served in the Greek city states before the rise of Macedonia? Edited February 26, 2014 by Mega Mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal Son Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Do you mean they did or didn't serve the Greek City-states?In any case, Thessaly is a mostly lowland a region between southern Greece and Macedon, famous for it's agriculture and big plains (by Greek standards at least) and in antiquity for it's cavalry. I've seen Thessalian horsemen depicted both as skirmishers and heavy cavalry, and both should probably be true. They also did fight on the sides of various city-states before becoming Macedonian subjects, and even joined the city-states against Macedon at least once after Alexander's death. Many of them migrated eastwards and served as horsemen in the Successor armies. Besides that, it was not uncommon to see Thessalian cities fight against each other or join two opposing sides of a war, not unlike the more famous southern states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The problem is that the Greeks (Athenians and Spartans) have Prodromos, why is it Thessalian scout served in the Greek city states before the rise of Macedonia?The word "prodromos" simply means "scout", literally "forerunner." It is not a title specific to Thessalians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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