Tag: Logistics

Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIa: Mobilization without Administration

This is the second part (I, IIa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped and paid. While I hope this will be of great interest to the history nerds out there, I've opted to structure this specifically as a service for the worldbuilders out … Continue reading Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIa: Mobilization without Administration →

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

This is the third part (I, II, III, IV, V) of our series looking at how Carthage's complex, multipart armies were raised and constituted. Last time, we looked at the backbone of Carthage's armies: North African troops levied out of Carthage's subject communities in North Africa. These fellows seem to have been directly employed by … Continue reading Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals →

Collections: The Logistics of Road War in the Wasteland

This week, we're doing another 'silly' topic, but this being me, it is a silly logistics topic, because - as the saying goes - amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. So we're going to be professionally silly this week and talk about the logistics of vehicle warfare in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting, in part because … Continue reading Collections: The Logistics of Road War in the Wasteland →

Collections: The Siege of Eregion, Part I: What Logistics?

This is the first part of our [I don't know; a few?] part series looking at the Siege of Eregion sequence from the second season of Amazon's Rings of Power and what we can learn by pointing out its missteps. And I'm not going to bury the lede here: this entire sequence is a mess. … Continue reading Collections: The Siege of Eregion, Part I: What Logistics? →

Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part I

This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great (this is the first part, the second part is here). But I want to discuss his … Continue reading Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part I →

Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus

This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, V) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. … Continue reading Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus →

Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples

This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, V) at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, "What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?" Last … Continue reading Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples →

Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii

This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1, A2), we're going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome's 'allies' (socii), a euphemistic label for the Italian communities … Continue reading Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii →

Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization

Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit... This week we're taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was on the relationship of these colonies with both the locals and their … Continue reading Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization →