bosporan figs

[didrobert]

Hello everybody
what figs could you suggest for bosporan heavy CV ?
it's not clear if this cavalry is close to greek or sarmate one
many thanks

[batesmotel]

What period of the Bosporan list do you want to do? The lancers for the earliest part of the list would probably be more Hellenistic/Greek in equipment although probably with substantial Skythian and some Sarmatian influence. For the later periods that allow more lancers starting with the period under Mithridates' control, they would most likely be primarily Sarmatian in style although with some remaining Greek/Hellenistic influence, especially for commanders. BY the period as a Roman client state I would expect them to be roughly the same as contemporaneous Sarmatians and Alans.

Chris

[didrobert]

post 42AD with roman ally

[didrobert]

thank you Chris i'm going to launch figs research ...

[titanu]

Hope I am not too late but I have found a couple of references to Bosporan:

In Armies of the Macedonian and Punic wars P132 it states that Bosporans were NOT Greek in appearance.

In Warriors of Eurasia P10/11 it shows a cavalryman in mail with a cloak and a round/conical helmet with an armoured neck protector. The horse has a small armoured apron on its front.

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Bob

[didrobert]

Hey Bob , mail adress is macrobert44@yahoo.fr
many thanks for helping DR