This development appears to have resulted in increased effectiveness on the part of the javelin-armed skirmishers, which I do not feel can be justified from the sources purely by reference to the addition of a small shield for the protection of the skirmisher. What seems to have happened in practic...

Dear All, Please bear with the following which, although lengthy, is necessary I think to explain my subsequent suggestions for changes in FoG to the way javelin-armed "medium" infantry work. I have just finished re-reading a volume entitled "Thracian Peltasts and their influence on G...