New Releases for January 2021 - The Ancients (1 Viewer)

[Julie]

NEW RELEASES FOR JANUARY 2021
THE ANCIENTS COLLECTION
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
REPUBLICAN ROMANS
ROMAN WARSHIP

BTMRR-14
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
ROMAN WARSHIP,
MARINE.
(2 pcs)

BTMRR-15
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
ROMAN WARSHIP,
MARINE.
(1 pc)

BTMRR-16
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
ROMAN WARSHIP,
MARINE.
(1 pc)

BTMRR-141516N
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
ROMAN WARSHIP,
MARINES.
(4 pcs)


PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE NOW RESTOCKED HMRR-14, AND THE PILUM IS NOW SEPARATE FROM THE FIGURE.
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO FIT 3 FIGURES IN A BOX, AND CAN OFFER SETS HMRR-14RN and HMRR-14YN.

HMRR-14RN
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
HASTATI
(6 pcs)

HMRR-14YN
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
HASTATI
(6 pcs)



ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
THE CARTHAGINIANS AND THEIR ALLIES

The military of Carthage was one of the largest military forces in the ancient world. Although the navy was always Carthage’s main force, the army acquired a key role in the spread of Carthaginian power.
With its Phoenician origins, Carthage already had a long history as a seafaring people. This was helped in that the navy was a permanently manned force, whilst the army would be enlisted only for a particular campaign and then demobilized.
Therefore it was easier to understand how the Carthaginian army was a Combined arms force, which comprised light and heavy infantry, skirmishers, light and heavy cavalry, as well as elephants.
The supreme command of the military was initially held by the civilian “Suffetes” until the third century. Thereafter, professional military generals were appointed directly by the Carthaginian Senate.
Whilst the navy was mainly manned by citizens, the army was composed almost exclusively of foreign mercenary units, particularly Libyans, Numidians, Iberians, Gauls and Greeks.
Only when the city of Carthage itself was threatened would citizens be conscripted into infantry service.

CARTHAGINIAN WARSHIP

BTCT-04
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE CARTHAGINIANS,
MARINES.
(4 pcs)

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE 7 MORE CARTHAGINIAN CREW FIGURES WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS


THE SPANISH
There is some confusion over the precise identity of the Spanish troops that fought in the Punic Wars. The original inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula were the Iberians, a Caucasoid people who were famed as warriors, and who served as mercenaries in many parts of the Mediterranean world. They served as mercenaries in the Carthaginian armies from at least 342BC.

By the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Century BC the Celts,9who had invaded from the North) and Iberians had merged to form a distinctive new people in the north east and central plateau of the peninsula, known as the Celt-Iberians.
The Celt-Iberians fought for the Carthaginians and by the time of the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Punic War it is thought that both soldiers were similar in appearance and equipment.

CTSP-04
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE SPANISH,
IBERIAN LIGHT CAVALRY.
(2 pcs)

 

[Julie]

GERMANIC WARRIORS

Following two decades of Roman occupation, Germania Magna erupted into revolt in AD 9, resulting in the stunning loss of three Roman legions to an alliance of Germanic nations at Teutoburg. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster by Roman historians, took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.
The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus' auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses.
Despite several successful campaigns and raids by the Romans in the years after the battle, they never again attempted to conquer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine river. The victory of the Germanic tribes against Rome's legions in the Teutoburg Forest would have far-reaching effects on the subsequent history of both the ancient Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire. Contemporary and modern
historians have generally regarded Arminius' victory over Varus as "Rome's greatest defeat", one of the most decisive battles recorded in military history, and as "a turning-point in world history"

The Cherusci nation, was a Germanic tribe that fought at the Teutoburg Pass, Weser River, Idistaviso and the Agrivarian Wall under its war chief Arminius. These warriors were perfectly equipped for the Germanic landscape of open fields, forests and swamps. The weapons which were used included the long lance or Framea, which could be swung, thrust or thrown at an opponent.
Hair was grown long and often tied up in a figure of eight or “Suebian” knot.
In the Cherusci warrior the Roman Legionary met a formidable opponent. The Germanic warrior was a well trained, battle-hardened, combat ready and motivated fighter, who excelled in irregular warfare, ambushes, raids and petty warfare. In an ambush the lightly armed Germanic fighter could decisively defeat a heavily equipped legionary by using surprise and the terrain to his advantage.
In a set-piece battle the German could stand up to the Roman Leginary discipline and formations for a while, but in close quarters combat the advantage eventually shifted to the legionary, as at the Battle of Idistaviso, and the Angrivarian Wall.

AG-06A
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
GERMANIC WARRIORS,
CHERUSCI WARRIOR .
(2 pcs)

AG-06B
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
GERMANIC WARRIORS,
CHERUSCI WARRIOR .
(2 pcs)

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[jason foote]

So happy to have more Romans and Carthaginians for my ships. The Germans are awesome, i will definitely get those as well