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Offline tomek917

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2021, 07:00:32 PM »
Outside of Thapsus, Africa, april 6, 46 BC.
Veteran legionaries of the Tenth legion await orders to engage Metellus Scipios forces...

”...when suddenly on the right wing, without orders from Caesar but under coercion of the troops, a trumpeter began to sound the charge. Whereupon every single cohort began to attack the enemy, despite the resistance of the centurions, who planted themselves in the path of the troops and sought to hold them back by force, but all in vain.”
- Julius Caesar, The African War

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Offline wmyers

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 22 january, p.2)
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2021, 05:02:57 AM »
Beautiful figures.  I like the shield design choices.

What is the make of the cavalry?

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 22 january, p.2)
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2021, 11:43:33 AM »
Beautiful figures.  I like the shield design choices.

What is the make of the cavalry?

Thank you! I did a lot of research into shield design before painting these and I was very sure of these design when I started painting. Now I can’t find the source though so they may be pure fantasy  lol

The roman cavalry are from Warlord Games, they are not that good sculpts though, if I do another unit I’d probably use Aventine Miniatures.

The german cavalry are from Foundry, can’t recommend them enough!

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 22 january, p.2)
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2021, 05:29:10 PM »
Great painted figures,really well photographed

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 22 january, p.2)
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2021, 06:25:43 PM »
very impressive

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 22 january, p.2)
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2021, 09:35:26 AM »

Somewhere along the Nile, Egypt, 47 BC.

Roman cavalry, probably mercenaries from Gaul, skirmish with Ptolemaic thureophoroi.

”To them were added men collected from among the freebooters and brigands of Syria and the province of Cilicia and the neighbouring regions; also many condemned criminals and exiles had joined them. All our own fugitive slaves had a sure place of refuge at Alexandria.”
- Julius Caesar, The Civil Wars

Caesars description of the Ptolemaic forces he fought against in Egypt is intended for a roman reader. Perhaps it is also intended to justify his long stay in Egypt in the middle of a civil war which he started.


A roman testudo advances on the Ptolemaic defense lines during the Battle of the Nile, 13 january, 47 BC.

This was the last confrontation between Caesar and Ptolemy XIII. The young king, only 14 years old, drowned in the Nile while fleeing from the roman troops storming his camp. His older sister, Cleopatra, was made queen of Egypt afterwards.
Caesar lingered in Egypt for some time after the battle before continuing his campaign north into Syria and Asia Minor.


Julius Caesar watches as his legions march to suppress Vercingetorix's revolt in Gaul in 52 BC.

After the Marian reforms in 107 BC legionnaires were required to carry not only his own weapons and belongings but also several days worth of supplies and rations. This logistical change drastically reduced the size of the baggage train and made the roman army much more mobile. It also earned the legionnaires the nickname "Marius mules".

Caesar is famous for his quick forced marches, something that would not be possible without the Marian reforms.

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2021, 09:41:37 AM »
Once again, lovely painting!
"Nice try, history; better luck next year."

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2021, 08:29:51 AM »

Great painting and really nice photography. Also a nice mix of manufacturers.

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2021, 04:55:43 PM »
Outstanding photography really sets a tone and story! :-*

Christopher

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2021, 08:42:04 AM »
Outstanding photography really sets a tone and story! :-*

Christopher

Great painting and really nice photography. Also a nice mix of manufacturers.

Once again, lovely painting!

Thank you!

Offline Muzfish4

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2021, 06:43:00 AM »
I concur with all the other comments.

Very nice work indeed.

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2021, 12:15:36 PM »
Nicely done 👍
Wargamers do it on a table.
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Offline Samuel

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2021, 04:37:08 PM »
These look nicer than most rulebooks.  Great work!

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 29 March, p.2)
« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2021, 05:33:17 PM »
Thank you!



South of Memphis, along the shore of the Nile, some roman legionaries relax with a game of dice, 45 BC.

Alea iacta est, ”The die has been cast”, is probably one of Caesar's most famous quotes. In fact the latin word alea refers to a game of dice, a common pastime in ancient Rome. The Romans used two kinds of dice, tesserae were like ordinary D6’s today and tali which were four sided (but not like our D4 ”pyramids” but more like a D6 with two of the ends rounded).
Source: Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ”A Latin Dictionary”

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Re: Tomek917's Romans and their enemies (updated 4/4, p.2)
« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2021, 10:29:19 AM »
Ptolemaic Kleruch cavalry advance as thureophoroi infantry form up behind them. Northern Levant, modern Lebanon, during the Fourth Syrian War, 219 BC.

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