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	Peltast - Wikinfo
		A peltast was a type of light infantry in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers.
		Peltasts carrried a crescent-shaped wicker shield called pelta (latin: peltarion) as their only protection, hence their name.
		Peltasts couldn't afford the panoply of a hoplite and were recruited from the poorer strata of society.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Peltast (583 words)

	Peltast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A peltast was a type of light infantry in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers.
		Peltasts carrried a crescent-shaped wicker shield called pelta (latin: peltarion) as their only protection, hence their name.
		Peltasts couldn't afford the panoply of a hoplite and were recruited from the poorer strata of society.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Peltast (151 words)

	Cavaliere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The front of the pelta would be painted with primitive good-luck symbols to ensure the safety of the peltast, like stylised faces probably intended to give a magical vision against hostile missiles.
		Due to the severe winters in Thrace, the winter dress was provided with fox-skin caps with earflaps to prevent the frostbite, a long tunic, a square cloak named zeira and hide boots high to the knees.
		In 328 b.C. 300 thracian peltasts were engaged by Alexander the Great against Arimase last stand on a rock 400 mts high.
	www.italiankits.it /w.Tracio.html (158 words)

	TribesRoleplayers - The most complete collection of Tribes and Starsiege Universe materials on the planet.
		Given the lack of complete hard-shell coverage on many Peltast models, the lifting capacity provided from the armor comes more from a T-grav assist than from raw strength augmentation.
		Myrmidon designs are incredibly tough, and though they lack the deadly speed of the Peltast, they are unmatched in a defensive role.
		A Myrmidon can deliver devastating blows capable of killing a Peltast outright-if it can hit the lighter warrior, that is. And that challenge, as always, is the rub.
	www.tribesroleplayers.org /ftera/tech/design.php (369 words)

	Peltast - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Peltasts carrried a crescent-shaped wicker shield called pelta as their only protection, hence their name.
		In the Archaic period the Greek martial tradition had been focused almost exclusively on the heavy infantry or hoplites.
		Peltast became gradually more important in Greek warfare, in particular during the Peloponnesian War.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Peltast (157 words)

	Thracian Peltasts in Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Peltast photo is from Warfare in the Classical World by John Warry and published through the University of Oklahoma at Norman press.
		Their military style was adapted by the Greeks in the case of the peltast and Skythian horse archers served Hellenistic kings, Roman consuls and eventually Roman Emperors.
		The name peltast is derived from the name of that initial crescent shaped shield which was known to the Greeks as a pelta.
	www.miniaturewargames.com /thracianpeltastsinart.htm (3433 words)

	Warfare 1
		Peltasts, lightly armed troops from Thrace who carried a crescent shaped shield (peltê) made of wicker and covered with goatskin, and a number of javelins.
		Like the peltasts, slingers, and archers, the Athenian cavalry was also an auxiliary force that could harass the enemy hoplites but not face them head-on.
		Thus Athenian peltasts and slingers, unencumbered by heavy armor, were able to maneuver much more easily and wrought havoc on the Spartan troops.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/warfare1.htm (746 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Warfare
		The peltasts advanced again, and pursued the enemy once his lines were broken by the phalanx.
		The Athenian peltasts managed to break the Spartan phalanx, and the Athenian phalanx finished the job when the Spartans re-establishing their phalanx again on a small hill.
		Normally the losses would be high at the side of the peltasts once they got in hand-to-hand combat with a trained phalanx, and most likely would they not stand a chance, but this battle definitely has shown the increasing ineffectiveness of the phalanx against new and more versatile forces.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare/army/t_peltas.html (588 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Warfare
		He noticed the power of the peltasts at an early stage and managed to break down a Spartan phalanx with a group of peltasts during the battle of Lechaeum.
		The outcome of this battle proved that the peltasts could indeed form a serious threat to a group of hoplites, mostly because of their manoeuvrability and speed.
		The power of the peltast had always been the principle of hit and run, but there was also a need to increase their capability to charge an enemy force.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare/army/i_hoplit.html (495 words)

	StarsiegeUniverse - Now with 50% less skiing!
		Peltast design philosophy values speed and agility, not raw power.
		Given the lack of complete hard-shell coverage on many Peltast models, the lifting capacity provided from the armor comes more from a T-grav assist than from raw strength augmentation.
		Myrmidon designs are incredibly tough, and though they lack the deadly speed of the Peltast, they are unmatched in a defensive role.
	www.starsiegeuniverse.com /ftera/tech/design.php (343 words)

	Tribes Weapon Tactics
		A secondary use of the autoaiming is the use of this weapon as a 'sweeper', especially for mines.
		(A competant Peltast can generally slaughter most Myrmidions in the open due their mobility advantage.) Also it's firing is tricky due to its indirect ballistic nature and it takes a fair bit of practice to blind fire a Mortar with any degree of accuracy.
		One useful trick in corridors, when faced with Peltast or Hoplite armours, is to deposit the Mortar shell slightly behind the enemy and then block their progress away from the shell with your body.
	www.khantazi.org /Rec/Tribes/WepTactics.html (3175 words)

	EVE Online \| News
		Peltast then pointed his finger at the clone manufacturers, going on to list a web of financial connections linking clone giant Poteque Pharmaceuticals to spaceship developers like CreoDron and Kaalakiota.
		Spaceship developers have made no comment as to the exclusivity of their latest designs, but Poteque Pharmaceuticals last Friday released this statement in response to Peltast's column: "It is only natural that our company be connected with the parties mentioned.
		In a pan-regional capitalistic economy, connections between corporations are many and varied, and we frankly fail to understand the motives for Mr.
	www.eve-online.com /news/newsFromEve.asp?newsID=441 (462 words)

	Wagons Ho! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The peltasts fought fiercely against the Gauls, but calling upon the Epona the Gauls managed to ride down the right flank peltast unit, but still remained locked in combat with the left hand peltast who managed to inflict a casualty on the Gauls.
		The Pontic peltasts skipped across behind the cataphracts to a wood on the northern edge of the central hill.
		The Pontic peltasts on the hill were crushed by the flank charge of the Seleucid heavy cavalry, which allowed the Gallic cavalry to manoeuvre to hit the Ponts in the rear.
	tetrad.stanford.edu /battles/WAGON00.HTM (2659 words)

	USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Ancient Greek Military:Mercenaries ~ December 16, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Peltasts would cover the right side of his phalanx, while the cavalry and the 'Devoted Brothers in Arms' would protect the left side.
		The Theban cavalry and peltasts moved forwards at both sides of the phalanx and attacked the cavalry and peltasts of the Coalition.
		The Theban cavalry and peltasts outnumbered the enemy on the flanks and after a while the Theban cavalry managed to defeat the peltasts and cavalry on the right wing of the enemy.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1041201/posts (7171 words)

	Civilization Fanatics' Forums - Longshot Combat
		The peltast went to 1 hp and then did 3 hp to the MI before dying.
		According to the same method, the MI should kill the peltast 98% of the time, and the knight should kill the MI 98% of the time.
		MI attacking a peltast (assuming both are veterans), you have a 79% chance of winning, not 98%.
	forums.civfanatics.com /printthread.php?t=57967 (1909 words)

	Chaeronea
		The light cavalry exploded through the greek skirmishers and archers, and became engaged in a javelin chucking contest with the big peltast unit.
		For three more rounds Bob was kept feeding peltast units to the companions (between Alex and the wedge the peltasts were no match) keeping the companions from coming to the aid of the incredibly hard pressed phalangites.
		But luckily Bob ran out of peltasts before I ran out of companions, and Alex was able to deliver the killing blow into the rear of the Allied center.
	www.ancientbattles.com /WAB_Macedonians/Chaeronea_BattleReport.htm (663 words)

	Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization III > Civ3-Files > UNIT: the Peltast
		Later peltasts were equipped with bronze Thracian type helmets and the larger oval thureos type shield (adopted from the celtic Galatians in 280 BC), and were a part of every Greek and Macedonian army in the hellenistic world, usually as mercenaries.
		So common were they that by the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC the word "mercenary" had almost become a synonym for "peltast".
		Used as general purpose medium infantry, they were much better equipped at fighting hand-to-hand than light infantry armed with slings and bows, but were also fast enough to keep out of the range of the heavy infantry.
	apolyton.net /forums/showthread.php?postid=1006317 (681 words)

	25mm Thracians Range
		These are supplied loose to enable you to mix and match to achieve a greater variety in appearance.
		PELTAST, in helmet, shield slung, with javelin (v3)
		PELTAST, in helmet & cloak, rhomphaia & thureos (v3)
	ehost.users.btopenworld.com /TinSoldier/thra25.htm (163 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Campaign AAR
		The Lucian army of 4 Peltasts was arrnged so my hoplites stood vs 3 units of 32 peltasts each.
		They were mained while the other enemy Peltasts routed off the field and their right crumbled.
		I build a new Peltasts (0/80/0) and a Large Mine to keep the Peltasts in the field since each cost me 8 ore per season.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=33667 (2516 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2001.01.08
		While sculpture and sympotic vases represent the hoplite as the normative image of the Athenian warrior, the poorer light-armed peltast is marginalized and appears--when he does--on a disproportionate number of cheaper pots used by women (alabastra) and youths ('mugs').
		Some peltasts are fl on these pots; and after 480 BC they are assimilated to Persians.
		Particularly interesting is the implication that the image of the marginalized peltast is internalized even by those whom it degrades.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2001/2001-01-08.html (2545 words)

	Battle of Granicus - Commentary by Eric (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A peltast and two Hypaspists were in the center, just in front of the phalanx line.
		Alexander started the attack with the peltast and a Hypaspist combining to rout the guarding Persian cavalry unit.
		The second wave killed the routed units and attacked one of the advanced phalanxes in the flank with a light cavalry unit and frontally with a hoplite.
	www.wargamer.com /greatbattles/granicus_analysis.asp (788 words)

	[No title]
		LUDUS Prize: 5000D-7500D Fee: 400D Prohibited: Beast, Arcane, Support My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Peltast Enemies: 6 enemies total; combination of Samnite, Centurion, and Legionnaire This battle is considerably harder than the other ones, so you may want to start another league and level up some before doing this battle.
		If you have a Peltast, have him use Long Throw or a combo attack at long range.
		LAW OF WAR Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 300D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 3x Centurion Enemies: 2x Centurion, 3x Legionnaire This battle is almost exactly the same as the last battle, except it's a bit easier since your enemies start out in the pits.
	www.cheatcc.com /xb/sg/gladius.txt (21301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Peltast War Droid Designed to complement the Hoplite War Droid, the Peltast is a light, highly mobile droid with a large array of energy and projectile weapons.
		Laser target acquisition and identification system (gives Peltast droids four eyes a glowing red color), gives the Peltasts full vision in darkness, and a +1D bonus to hitting moving targets.
		Mini-jets, Can provide short thrusts capable of sending the Peltast up to 20 meters in the air, at a MV of 34, for up to five rounds at a time.
	www.wildfire142.freeserve.co.uk /droids/peltastwardroid.txt (247 words)

	Battle for Wesnoth :: View topic - More Classical Factions?
		However, I also wondered if it might be best to cap the Slinger and Peltast lines at level 2, given that they were used primarily as support troops.
		Also, I'm thinking that the Hippeus should need a large amount of experience to advance to Hetairos, since the Hetairos is based on Alexander the Great's elite troops, the Royal Companions.
		A question: would it be possible for the Slinger and Peltast to advance from the same level 0.5 unit?
	www.wesnoth.org /forum/viewtopic.php?t=7152&start=60 (1539 words)

	/ @ / Ghosts of the Antipode / @ /
		The smaller Peltast, bearing the markings of the Blood Eagle, fired from his Stormhammer, sending a blue disc crashing into the larger Hoplite, who wore no widely known symbols.
		The Peltast flew into the air, dodging the clumsy volley of bullets.
		A second disc crashed into the Hoplite, ripping pieces of his armour off, and throwing the Hoplite's gun arm into the snow.
	www.geocities.com /caloris_antipode/cuentas/stalker.html (534 words)

	Armor
		Classified as light armor, Peltast offers the least resistance to weapon fire but gives the wearer almost unrestricted mobility and freedom of motion.
		The armor jets on this armor allow the wearer to traverse large distances in a single burst.
		While it offers far more protection from weapon fire than Peltast, it does not have the jump range the lighter armor offers.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/minion48/Armor.htm (113 words)

	HaT 8044 Alexander's Light Infantry Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The last two figures are particularly useful and would appear to be taken from figures 20 and 21 respectively in D Head's Armies and Enemies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars.
		This last figure would appear to be an Iphicratean peltast and would be more at home in a Persian army.
		A very nice touch is the inclusion of 24 separate shields of three types intended for those figures marked *.
	www.geocities.com /dbplastic/plastic/hat_8044_lights_review.html (255 words)

	Mantinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Their forces consisted of 10 Hoplite units; Mantineans, Argives, and Athenians, 2 units of cavalry (1 med w/armor, 1 Lt), 1 peltast, 1 bow, and 2 javelin.
		Their Lt troops formed up with the cav, 1 peltast, and 1 javelin to the left, and 1 peltast, 1 javelin, and the bow to the right.
		On the Left of the Hoplite line were the Peltasts and the other javelin.
	www.piquet.org /BattleReports/15.htm (771 words)

	What do You get if you combine MTW and RTW - The Guild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		recruit "barb peltast gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, }
		recruit "barb peltast german" 0 requires factions { germans, }
		recruit "east peltast" 0 requires factions { armenia, pontus, }
	forums.totalwar.org /vb/showthread.php?t=44489 (818 words)

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