Paal_101 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Here is a video of a horse race gone bad:http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/1434/Horse_Launch.htmlIt gives one an idea of the kind of crashes one could expect from a chariot in combat. In this case the yoke pole disconnects and digs into the ground. Kinda painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historicity Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 That's awesome!!!! Would chariots randomly do that in 0 A.D.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Reminds me of the Battle of Gaugamela in "Alexander" when the Persian chariots run headlong into the Macedonian phalanx. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 ....and the guy hits the sarissa on the way down Ouch. Good cinematic battle that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Good cinematic battle that one.'Alexander' had some good battle scenes, but overall the movie sucked and was inaccurate in many parts.Anyway, while on the topic of chariots, can we expect to see a crash like that when a chariot in 0ad get killed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 As far as accuracy, "Alexander" is the closest of any epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Agree with Michael. Alexander, militarily was almost bang on with any history book you would ever open. The only thing that was blatantly different was that the phalangites were wearing white tunics rather than the historically described red. And the condensing of particular events at Gaugamela and certain actions there are explained in the director's commentary by Oliver Stone, where he says this isn't right, but for the sake of the story is done that way. As for chariot crashes, I do not know, although I imagine that it will be so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownboot Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 The narration is HILARIOUS. In a terribly painful, saddening way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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