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I have a verrry minor interest in the Punic Wars so I am a little excited about following this. I feel I should buy Men of Bronze just to support you Easy E as it seems like we have been "internet acquaintances" for many years.
A Draft of the rules went to Osprey to begin the process of editing. Only 10-15 more drafts to go until it is done!
I have a very stupid question, that I can hope someone can point me towards the answer. I am not 100% sure if the Pontic army used elephants in their line of battle. Could someone point me to a primary or secondary source to help me understand this issue? Thanks in advance.....
Nope. No elephants in Pontic armies. Pontus used scythed chariots as their wonder weapons. The Parthian empire sufficiently cut off access to Asian elephants to the west. Romans used elephants by way of Numidia in the Macedonian and Syrian and Celt Iberian wars, but did not use them against Mithridates VI.Scullard is still the place to go for elephants:https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Greek-Roman-World-Aspects/dp/0801409314Easily found in university libraries.Kistler has lots of useful information mixed with some less than accurate stuff:https://www.amazon.com/War-Elephants-John-M-Kistler/dp/0803260040#customerReviewsThe Osprey has nice Peter Dennis images:https://www.amazon.com/War-Elephants-John-M-Kistler/dp/0803260040#customerReviews(Sadly some of it seems awfully close to Kistler's text).I cannot think of a rules set that has Pontics with elephants.