Whilst famous for their outstanding light cavalry, the Thessalians could also provide a great number of slingers and javelinmen. The hill peoples around the Thessalian Plain would be well versed in the use of slings and javelins from a young age. Thessalian psiloi distinguished themselves by defeating the cavalry on left flank of the Athenian…
Mostly hailing from the mountainous areas of what is now the Balkans, the Illyrians were a large and diverse group analogous with the Celts and Germans. The Illyrians lived to the West of Macedon and were a traditional foe for the Macedonians. Illyrian forces excelled in raiding and would do so either by land or…
One of the finest sights in wargaming are the serried ranks of pike that fill Macedonian armies (and those of several other armies in the period). Our eagerly-anticipated plastic phalangites are now here! Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, spent much of his youth as a hostage at Thebes, where he studied under the…
The latest plastic set in our Hail Caesar ancients range kicks off an entirely new army for us – Macedonian Phalangites! Have a look at what’s in store… With separate heads and sheilds plus the arms being usable on multiple bodies you’ll have a stack of variety from this plastic set. We expect these to…
Andy Hobday
Paul Sawyer