A Game for the Amateur Military Historian.

[grobnok]

Originally posted by Locutus
The white-on-red cross means the defenders are either Danish or the Knights Hospitallers and since the Danish to the best of my knowledge never fought Arabs/Turks, it's probably the Knights

Since they're using guns, it's probably post-Cyprus. Siege of Malta?

Correct. Another victory for the christians.

[Locutus]

Okay, my turn. This one shouldn't be too hard:

(Sorry, the image quality is a bit poor, it's the best one I could find)

[chequita guevara]

No, it's not your turn since it was SpenceH's turn, and no one has gotten his guy yet. Grobby went outta turn.

So get Hannibal and his Cathegenians outta here.

[Jon Shafer]

Hannibal?

Edit: doh!

[Locutus]

Sorry, it's not like I read the whole thread (who ever does?).

And your guess is wrong. That would've been too easy

[grobnok]

It should be the persian wars but I really can't tell which battle it is. looks like the greek Hoplites are losing. Battle of Thermopylae?

[Jon Shafer]

Well crap, I thought thems be Greeks when I first saw.

Greeks and Persia?

Edit: Good grief, I need to post faster.

[chequita guevara]

Well then I would say Alexander in India.

Yeah, given how the horse stands out, that's gotta be Bucephalus.

[Locutus]

Che's getting awfully hot. But I'd like the name of the battle (shouldn't be hard now )

[Jon Shafer]

Hydaspes?

[chequita guevara]

I don't know the name of the battle, but it was against the Indian ruler Porus at the river Hydaspes. Alexander won despite this being the first time they encountered elephants.

Historical note: this is where Alexander's Horse met his end.

[grobnok]

persians had elephants didn't they?

[chequita guevara]

Not according to the histories.

[grobnok]

In the medieval ages they did. Not sure about ancient times.

[Locutus]

Grobnok,

No, they didn't, not at the time of Alexander anyway. See che's post: the Greeks encountered elephants for the first time here; after that elephants as war units spread throughout much of the wider Mediterranean (including, most famously, Carthage )

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I don't know the name of the battle, but it was against the Indian ruler Porus at the river Hydaspes. Alexander won despite this being the first time they encountered elephants.

Hydaspes was also the name of the battle, so I'll count that You definitely know what I was referring to.

Yup, Bucephalus did indeed meet his end there...