The Battle of Adrianople is usually regarded as the beginning of cavalry dominance as seen in the post roman ancient world and was won by javelin armed non stirrup equipped Ostrogoth cavalry . When was this Kastok chap around, maybe he was the first Pelorian General to use cavalry (shock cavalry not nomad light horse troops) on a large scale. If the Dara Happans had always used chariots and infantry before, no tactics would have been developed by their enemies to counter cavalry, this could be a major advantage.
Joerg Baumgartner
>The Trojan siege saw a couple of iron blades, likely of meteorite iron in
the hands of >the greatest heroes of the age. These probably were tempered,
and in addition made >from superior "ore".
This is the kind of level I was hoping for, but on reflection doesn't really get supported by much of the other evidence.
Joerg Baumgartner
>I don't know when and how the Assyrians inherited this advantage.
I think its when the Hittite empire collapsed.
David Clegg
>I think the original poster was trying to argue that the amount of bronze
available in >Glorantha would lend itself to a culture that more resembles
the RW Iron Age as >opposed to the RW's 'metal challenged' Bronze Age.
I think that's what Peter meant by Classical too. i.e. Romans Persians etc not Mycanaeans and Babylonians
Peter
>I do not see how the roman and Hellenistic models for the Lunar Empire,
the Celtic >and Teutonic models for the Orlanthi or the Sioux model for the
Praxians can >possibly translate into a 'pseudo-medieval world with a red
gold tinge'. If you don't >like the Knights of the West then don't use
them.
I don't have a problem with these cultures its only the western bits and the way they interact with the others, they just seem too advanced beyond the rest of the world. I think I'll just have to do as you say. Actually its not really that serious as its only really the look of the knights and the name Itself I'm not keen on. Cheers for your efforts anyway.
Trev
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