Sassanid Persian army

[FierceKitty]

Today they try their strength against the western empire.

[sunjester]

Good Luck!

[FierceKitty]

The Lady wasn't with us today. The Roman plan was sound enough, but those cataphracts take a lot of killing. The wife is very pleased with herself.

In this picture, you can see why the Romans felt confident about their left. The Immortals were actually taken in flank and frontally, but survived long enough for the feudal cavalry to relieve them and clobber the newly-raised Illyriciani.

[FierceKitty]

Our lancers drove in the Hephthalites, but pursued too far and were flank attacked by elephants in turn. No photograph of that, fortunately. But as you see below, the guards foot failed to destroy the Persian guards cavalry and the King of Kings, despite a flank charge; and between these two disasters, the Equites Singulares were slowly ground to bits by the Gyanaspar.

[FierceKitty]

The right wing was more successful, but the only significant enemy loss were the Armenians. The legionaries carved up the Persian foot and the Chionites, but the Sassanid command probably didn't even notice. Arrogant bastards. No wonder the Arabs pushed them over a bit later.

[Womble67]

Sounds like you had fun

Take care

Andy

[FierceKitty]

Last time, the Persians had bad omens, and the Huns walloped them. Sunday saw what they could do when the leash was off.

[FierceKitty]

The second picture here shows what happens when LI support for cavalry do their job.

[SV52]

 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

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