Crucifixion... you lucky lucky....

Stwike him Centurwian.....

Vewwy, Wuffly.

Cheers - Sillius Soddus. 

And thwow him to the gwound, sir?

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 23 October 2021, 08:25:00 AM
Crucifixion... you lucky lucky....

Slingers, you say, don't forget this lot.



Interesting ideas for a camp.





Or some cricket commentators with a big cake.

Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 October 2021, 04:23:25 AM
Posted by: FierceKitty

"Herod was a longggg time before the great revolt. Does the dress of the 23rd Berkshire at Waterloo provide much guide to their appearance at Alamein? "

Wut?

Firstly are we talking Herod the Great or Herod Antipas?

Herod the Great died sometime 4BCE to 1BCE. The Great Jewish Revolt starts in 66CE. So we're looking at 70 years or so. At a time when the pace of change was rather slower for the most part than it is now.

If Antipas we are probably talking 20 years or less. So 1918 to 1939 sort of timescale.

Though, given the Tetrarchs were in power courtesy of the Romans, any foreign bodyguards are likely to be fighting against the Jews rather than for them. 

The Jews would mainly be unarmoured slingers, archers or javelinmen. Psiloi or Peltast types in the main. Shields seem to be mainly small and round.

So, the suggestions by steve_holmes_11 seem about right to me.

Checked my sources.

Herod Agrippa II (Herod is the dynastic name - all the rulers were Herods) ruled at the time of the revolt.
Attempted to Romanize his people and was expelled in the early stages.

Chances are that his guard would have resembled Roman auxiliaries.
And would have left in a hurry, or fought against the revolt.

The best argument for any regular looking troops would be captured shields and armour after the initial victories.
When the historic record is foggy, I'm inclined to let imagination fill the gaps.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 23 October 2021, 10:12:12 AM
And thwow him to the gwound, sir?

Whut ?

Yes....thwow him to the gwound....Jewish wapscalion...(says he, getting totally out of sync.)

Cheers - Bwyan.