tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783985865082712242.post4746873101172104474..comments2024-03-24T19:52:50.881+00:00Comments on Irregular Wars: 6mm Seleukids and Romans at it againNichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03601895895569143103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783985865082712242.post-52597704457544451522013-11-24T16:26:18.745+00:002013-11-24T16:26:18.745+00:00Many thanks Duncan. I suspected that he had a good...Many thanks Duncan. I suspected that he had a good reason. I must look up the Sidonian stele...Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601895895569143103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783985865082712242.post-78723668352435884772013-11-24T15:26:23.506+00:002013-11-24T15:26:23.506+00:00The McBride "Tarantine" painting is from...The McBride "Tarantine" painting is from Nick Sekunda's Montvert "Ptolemaic Army", and like most of the plates in that book, the figure is directly based on one of the Sidon painted grave-stelae. This one is of a Greek cavalryman, from Perrhaibia near Thessaly. The inscription on the stele doesn't actually call him a Tarantine, but that seems to be the style of his equipment.Duncan Headnoreply@blogger.com