![]() ![]() Ordinary Paeonian cavalry appear in a plain ‘T-shirt’ tunic, apparently bareback, bare-headed with short spears/ longche.Īnother neighbouring mountain people, nestled between Thessaly and Macedon were the Ainianes, who unlike the Agrianes, did produce coins. another mountain people – scots highlanders – whose woollen tunics were pleated for warmth). One odd feature is that the tunic is shown with vertical lines, variously interpreted as stripes, quilting, or folds/pleats in a woollen tunic (c.f. Patraos was King of Paeonia from roughly 340 B.C-315 B.C ( Alexander's time) and issued a number of coins with the King shown mounted using an animal skin like Alexander (leopard?), wearing a crested Attic helmet, and lancing with what appears to be a longche, since it appears to be roughly 6-7 ft long an unarmoured footman in a long tunic (presumably Asiatic) armed with pelta and javelin The King has no body armour, but wears a square- necked, thigh-length belted tunic with elbow-length sleeves. The Agrianes were a Paeonian tribe, semi-independent from the Paeonians. Paeonia was independent from Macedonia between 359-286 B.C. As has been remarked, the Agriaines were a Paionian tribe who lived to the north of Makedon between there and Thrace. No doubt the fact that there are no depictions that are unequivocally of Agriainians, and no detailed desciptions in the sources either ( at least, that I know of! Anyone else?) has prompted your question. This would be the area from whence the Agrianes originated (consulting the map in my head). I wondered as wrote that last night whether the Paeoninas utilised the crescent shield or not. Nor do we have to assume that the Macedonian round pelte took the place of the crescent one,as its shape,apart from being traditional,must have had some fanction. ![]() Quote:I also find it likely that Alexander re-equiped them,but we couldn't possibly guess in what manner. as I said above, their station in every set piece (the attacking right) would be no place to be once you'd thrown your load.so to speak. If the common Thracian warrior could do this,then i'm sure Agrianes were not an exception. Quote:In pottery,thracian peltasts are show fighting with javelin,long spear,bow or sword. I'd find it more understandable that a javelin or spear of some sort was kept so as to avoid men, stuck in the middle of a cavalry assault on other cavalry/infantry wandering 'round like a marine with an empty M16 and no bayonet. The question is, when placed in firmly in the middle of the fighting - as they are - they then become useless once their javelins are throw. It seems unlikely that the Agrianes were hurling too many javelins here.Īrrian does mention them doing so in the initial contact on Alexander's far right at Gaugamela. The description of Granicus is close horse-to-horse and hand-to-hand fighting. The style of fighting though is what interests me. Much of that post above was written from memory (aside from Jhelhum which I checked as it is a "different" battle) and so he may refer to them in both fashions in other passages as well. As I said, he refers to them in both fashions. Quote:I don't have my copy at hand, but if I remember correctly, Arrian refers to them in one passage as the "Agrianian Javelinmen.
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