-
Georg Kaibel was that
there were 20,000 Macedonians,
divided into 10,000
chrysaspides (Gr****: Χρυσάσπιδες 'Golden-Shields'), 5,000 chalkaspides, and the rest...
- The
Seleucid phalanx seems to have been
formed into two corps: 10,000
Chrysaspides (Gr****: Χρυσάσπιδες "Golden Shields") and 5,000 Chalkaspides.
While the...
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Alexander the Great, had in his army men who were
called argyraspides and
chrysaspides (i.e. "golden shields").
Arrian Anabasis 7.11.3
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca...
- chelônophagos turtle-eater) ἀργυρὰσπιδες
argyraspides (wiki Argyraspides)
chrysaspides and
chalkaspides (golden and bronze-shielded) δράμις
dramis a Macedonian...
- shields. Thus, the
phalanx of the ****enistic
armies used
terms such as
Chrysaspides (Gr****s: Χρυσάσπιδες 'gold-shields'),
Chalkaspides ('bronze-shields')...
