Post by macbeth on Aug 22, 2023 0:48:31 GMT
Help me hive mind - you are my only hope.
I am wanting to build up two more obscure North African armies that have caught my fancy
1) I/7d Early Libyan
I am creating a 'Legacy of Alexander' Campaign set and would like to have Libya and Kyrene keeping Ptolemy honest.
So at this late stage (early 300s BCE) what would the Libyan spearmen look like? I remember the Libyan Spearmen depicted in the original 'Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars' book - tunic, ostrich feather in the headband, spikey round shield and spear. I have some Essex Libyan swordsmen that look like that. Is this what I should be aiming for?
2) II/57 Later Moorish
Reading the UNESCO General History of Africa I've become fascinated with the Berber revolt against the Arab Conquest. It has it all - a mystic woman leading the revolt, Arabs in the invading army's Jund that had all been born in Syria or Africa and after they were beaten, the Caliph sends another army from Arabia that diss the Jund.
By this stage would the Berbers still look like Numidians/Moors from classical times or would they have started to dress like their Arab opressors?
Cheers
I am wanting to build up two more obscure North African armies that have caught my fancy
1) I/7d Early Libyan
I am creating a 'Legacy of Alexander' Campaign set and would like to have Libya and Kyrene keeping Ptolemy honest.
So at this late stage (early 300s BCE) what would the Libyan spearmen look like? I remember the Libyan Spearmen depicted in the original 'Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars' book - tunic, ostrich feather in the headband, spikey round shield and spear. I have some Essex Libyan swordsmen that look like that. Is this what I should be aiming for?
2) II/57 Later Moorish
Reading the UNESCO General History of Africa I've become fascinated with the Berber revolt against the Arab Conquest. It has it all - a mystic woman leading the revolt, Arabs in the invading army's Jund that had all been born in Syria or Africa and after they were beaten, the Caliph sends another army from Arabia that diss the Jund.
By this stage would the Berbers still look like Numidians/Moors from classical times or would they have started to dress like their Arab opressors?
Cheers
