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Post by paulhannah on Aug 24, 2019 18:11:54 GMT
The Commentary for the II/50 Hasmonean Jewish army says they "fought Seleucids, Ptolemaic Egypt, Nabataeans and each other." (Emphasis added.) Yet, Ptolemies and Hasmoneans are not listed as historical opponents in either list. Might this be an oversight? Or is the Commentary inaccurate?
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Post by timurilank on Aug 24, 2019 19:37:06 GMT
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Post by paulhannah on Aug 29, 2019 1:44:35 GMT
Thanks for those links, Robert. Yes, not listing the Hasmoneans and Ptolemies as mutual opponents seems clearly an oversight. (Wasn't included in DBA-2 either.)
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Post by Vic on Jan 20, 2020 22:32:02 GMT
I think I've spotted another mistake. I've checked both my hardback copy and my Lulu copy, and III/57 Koryo Dynasty Korean doesn't list itself as a valid enemy, although there were several civil wars during the period, including the one following the failed coup and subsequent rebellion by Yi Ja-gyeom in 1126, the military suppression of the state of Daewi proclaimed by Myo Cheong in 1135, and the protracted wars during the Mongol conquest 1231-1270 during which warlords and the King often took opposite sides, either with the Mongols or with the Righteous Army guerrillas.
I've checked with the DBMM book and it does list 3/57 as a valid enemy of 3/57.
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Post by timurilank on Jan 21, 2020 6:30:55 GMT
I think I've spotted another mistake. I've checked both my hardback copy and my Lulu copy, and III/57 Koryo Dynasty Korean doesn't list itself as a valid enemy, although there were several civil wars during the period, including the one following the failed coup and subsequent rebellion by Yi Ja-gyeom in 1126, the military suppression of the state of Daewi proclaimed by Myo Cheong in 1135, and the protracted wars during the Mongol conquest 1231-1270 during which warlords and the King often took opposite sides, either with the Mongols or with the Righteous Army guerrillas. I've checked with the DBMM book and it does list 3/57 as a valid enemy of 3/57.
This notation does not appear on the list of corrections done three years ago (dates, historical opponents and allies). It might be worth adding it to the list. Scroll down to the appropriate book number. fanaticus.boards.net/thread/603/historical-opponents?page=5
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Post by stevie on Jan 21, 2020 12:11:11 GMT
Very well...yes, it’s about time we had an updated version of the “Army List Correction File”... ...if only to correct the spelling mistakes and bad grammar! I’m a bit busy with fixing the Wiki at the moment, as all the files in the “Reference_sheets_and_epitomes” can’t be opened as it just loops back to the “Helpful/Useful Downloads” page...but I should have that sorted in a couple of hours. So then...what would you like to see added? Once the Wiki is fixed I plan to go back over the last dozen or so pages in this looong thread in order to compile a list. I’m thinking of additions along these lines:- * Things that should be there (in blue, that players can cross-reference and check for themselves). * Things that could be there (historical stuff in red, a bit more controversial, such as "The Tibetan Era of Fragmentation" sublist, the "Bagaudae Peasant Uprisings Against Rome" sublist, a "Hannibal's Army" Carthaginian sublist, and the missing "Epirus" army list...although these could be in a separate appendix at the back for those that object to adding stuff that Phil Barker has not sanctified). What sayest you all?
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Post by Vic on Jan 21, 2020 13:03:00 GMT
I agree it'd be better to have a separate appendix for the speculative lists and so on, separate from mere oversights/mistakes/typos.
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Post by stevie on Jan 22, 2020 0:26:44 GMT
Fair ‘nuff...I wouldn’t mind creating a whole new separate file called “Missing Army Lists” if necessary, just to preserve the purity of the original Army Lists. (By the way, I’ve managed to fix fanaticus-dba.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes so they CAN now be opened and read)Let’s split the task into two sections and just concentrate on the oversights/mistakes/typos for now, and leave any ‘Missing Army Lists’ for later discussion. Here is that list of possible new additions that I mentioned:- (All these are “Historical Omission Errors”, and would be in red) II/50 Hasmonean Jews (103-63 BC) and II/20c Ptolemaic Egypt (166-54 BC) should be mutual enemies. II/54b Later Scots-Irish (433-841 AD) and the II/81a Dux Britannia to Arthur (407-470 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/61b Mu-jung Hsien-pi (300-431 AD) and the II/79b Chinese Southern Dynasty (317-589 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/69b and II/69c Sassanids (225-651 AD) and the II/80c Chionite/Hephthalite Huns (356-570 AD) should be mutual enemies? III/5b Neustrians (496-639 AD) and the II/81c Armoricans (429-580 AD) should be mutual enemies. III/24b Middle Anglo-Saxons (701-1016 AD) should have the III/19a Welsh (580-1149 AD) as allies. III/57 Koryo Dynasty Koreans (918-1392 AD) should have themselves as an enemy (but see the note below).**(Note: If it was up to me, I’d have EVERY army with itself as an enemy. You have to look very hard to find a nation that didn’t have some sort of uprising, rebellion, dynastic conflict or civil war at some time or other in their history...even if the actual accounts have not survived and have been lost)
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Post by timurilank on Jan 23, 2020 20:15:01 GMT
Fair ‘nuff...I wouldn’t mind creating a whole new separate file called “Missing Army Lists” if necessary, just to preserve the purity of the original Army Lists. (By the way, I’ve managed to fix fanaticus-dba.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes so they CAN now be opened and read)Let’s split the task into two sections and just concentrate on the oversights/mistakes/typos for now, and leave any ‘Missing Army Lists’ for later discussion. Here is that list of possible new additions that I mentioned:- (All these are “Historical Omission Errors”, and would be in red) II/50 Hasmonean Jews (103-63 BC) and II/20c Ptolemaic Egypt (166-54 BC) should be mutual enemies. II/54b Later Scots-Irish (433-841 AD) and the II/81a Dux Britannia to Arthur (407-470 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/61b Mu-jung Hsien-pi (300-431 AD) and the II/79b Chinese Southern Dynasty (317-589 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/69b and II/69c Sassanids (225-651 AD) and the II/80c Chionite/Hephthalite Huns (356-570 AD) should be mutual enemies? III/5b Neustrians (496-639 AD) and the II/81c Armoricans (429-580 AD) should be mutual enemies. III/24b Middle Anglo-Saxons (701-1016 AD) should have the III/19a Welsh (580-1149 AD) as allies. III/57 Koryo Dynasty Koreans (918-1392 AD) should have themselves as an enemy (but see the note below).**(Note: If it was up to me, I’d have EVERY army with itself as an enemy. You have to look very hard to find a nation that didn’t have some sort of uprising, rebellion, dynastic conflict or civil war at some time or other in their history...even if the actual accounts have not survived and have been lost)
Stevie, Do the seven items listed lack documentation? If so, then here is the first.
II/50 Hasmonean Jews (103-63 BC) and II/20c Ptolemaic Egypt (166-54 BC) The most notable conflict was between Alexander Jannaeus (2nd Hasmonean King of Judaea) and Ptolemy Lathyrus, also known as the War of the Sceptres. Alexander captured key locations in Gaza and a pursuing Ptolemy caused much damage throughout the region of Galilee. Alexander was forced to seek terms after his defeat at the Battle of Asophon and the approach of a second Egyptian army. No exact dates are given, but all events took place in the first three years of Alexander’s reign, 103 BC – 101 BC. Sources A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond, by Kenneth Atkinson The Wars of the Jews, by Josephus (chapter 4)
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Post by Haardrada on Jan 23, 2020 22:48:00 GMT
Fair ‘nuff...I wouldn’t mind creating a whole new separate file called “Missing Army Lists” if necessary, just to preserve the purity of the original Army Lists. (By the way, I’ve managed to fix fanaticus-dba.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes so they CAN now be opened and read)Let’s split the task into two sections and just concentrate on the oversights/mistakes/typos for now, and leave any ‘Missing Army Lists’ for later discussion. Here is that list of possible new additions that I mentioned:- (All these are “Historical Omission Errors”, and would be in red) II/50 Hasmonean Jews (103-63 BC) and II/20c Ptolemaic Egypt (166-54 BC) should be mutual enemies. II/54b Later Scots-Irish (433-841 AD) and the II/81a Dux Britannia to Arthur (407-470 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/61b Mu-jung Hsien-pi (300-431 AD) and the II/79b Chinese Southern Dynasty (317-589 AD) should be mutual enemies. II/69b and II/69c Sassanids (225-651 AD) and the II/80c Chionite/Hephthalite Huns (356-570 AD) should be mutual enemies? III/5b Neustrians (496-639 AD) and the II/81c Armoricans (429-580 AD) should be mutual enemies. III/24b Middle Anglo-Saxons (701-1016 AD) should have the III/19a Welsh (580-1149 AD) as allies. III/57 Koryo Dynasty Koreans (918-1392 AD) should have themselves as an enemy (but see the note below).**(Note: If it was up to me, I’d have EVERY army with itself as an enemy. You have to look very hard to find a nation that didn’t have some sort of uprising, rebellion, dynastic conflict or civil war at some time or other in their history...even if the actual accounts have not survived and have been lost)Hi Stevie I'll add what I know now. Lol The II/61b Murong Hsien-pi(300-431AD) and the II/79b Chinese Southern Dynasty(317-589 AD) ARE mutual enemies from 353AD to 358AD at least as both fought over territory after the collapse of the Later Zhao Kingdom (II/38b Hsuing Nu).The Hsien-pi had been vassels of the Jin since 282AD but became Independent in 353AD.For further reference some Chinese Southern Dynasty enemies are II/21c(Former Ch'in), II/38b(Later Zhao) and III/61b(Former Yan). II/69b(225-493AD) and II/69c(494-651AD) Are mutual enemies of II/80c Chionites/Hephalite Huns(356-570AD). The Chionites(Kidarites) attacked the Sassanids from around 360-455AD at that time the Hephalites made an appearance. The Hephalites were at first hired by the Sassanids to fight the Chionites and later became Allies of the Sassanids (Peroz I) and assisted in fighting off the Chionites... up until 466AD...the Hephalites pushed the Chionites South towards India and had crushed them by 467AD. The Hephalites then fought the Sassanids until defeated. The II/80d Huns listed are the Alchon Huns. To summuerize II/80c Chionites and Hephalites should be enemies of II/69b & c. II/80c(Hephalites) should be an ally in both lists. Additional to this list II/80c is effected as both the Chionites and Hephalites are mutual enemies. I hope this helps.😊 The linked video below may help understand the Sassanid/Hun relations over this period. youtu.be/JJWddbCUZLQ
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Post by stevie on Jan 24, 2020 9:44:50 GMT
Excellent work gentlemen, excellent work. 👍 I’m currently plodding my way through the DBMM Army Lists (something I should have done 2 years ago) to see if there are any more obvious “Historical Omission Errors” that we have missed. A quick note about ‘Allies’Just because two armies are ‘allied’, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they fought side-by-side on the same battlefield. On the other hand, considering the paucity of our historical records, it is also hard to say that they didn’t either. A quick note about having an army as its own enemyI said earlier that “You have to look very hard to find a nation that didn’t have some sort of uprising, rebellion, mutiny, dynastic conflict or civil war at some time or other in their history”. Armies such as II/45c Spartacus were not a nation, while some nations such as the early Successors of Alexander have been split into their own individual character led armies. So we should add where possible those armies that actually did fight against themselves...and leave it up to players if they want other armies to do so as well (wargaming is all about ‘what if’ situations, so let players decide for themselves if a particular army would have had a ‘what if’ civil war if they want).
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Post by stevie on Jan 24, 2020 13:26:13 GMT
DBMM Army List Errors I/5 Susiana & Elam (3000-800 BC) against I/41 Medes (835-550 BC) ...probably an error, as I/41 doesn’t mention I/5.
(Susa was the capital of the Elamnites, and was sacked by the I/21 Babylonians about 1125 BC, then again by the I/51 Assyrians in 647 BC, but was captured by the I/41 Medes in 617 BC and seems to have been under the control of the I/44 Babylonians when captured by I/60 Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC)
Oh, wait a minute...there is already an I/42 Neo-Elamite army in DBA.
Nonetheless, DBMM having I/5 and I/41 as enemies is either wrong, or DBA 3.0 should also have it.
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Post by paulhannah on Jan 24, 2020 14:29:16 GMT
* Things that could be there (historical stuff in red, a bit more controversial, such as "The Tibetan Era of Fragmentation" sublist, the "Bagaudae Peasant Uprisings Against Rome" sublist, a "Hannibal's Army" Carthaginian sublist, and the missing "Epirus" army list...although these could be in a separate appendix at the back for those that object to adding stuff that Phil Barker has not sanctified). What sayest you all? That could be fun and intriguing. More DBA armies...Yay! I mean, I lie awake at night wondering what I will do with my time once I've painted all the armies in the DBA-3 list. (Just kidding.) My interest is piqued simply by the sound of "The Tibetan Era of Fragmentation". And, surely, anything you post in such an appendix will as well researched as those in the published lists.
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Post by stevie on Jan 24, 2020 18:22:20 GMT
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Post by Haardrada on Jan 24, 2020 20:44:01 GMT
A quick note about ‘Allies’Just because two armies are ‘allied’, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they fought side-by-side on the same battlefield. On the other hand, considering the paucity of our historical records, it is also hard to say that they didn’t either. Point noted Stevie... but in the case of the Sassanid-Hephalite alliance does a Sassanid King (Kavadh I) using a Hephalite army count them as allies? Lol en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephthalites#5th_century:_conflicts_and_alliances_with_the_Sasanians
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