Glazed brick artwork from the time also shows them wearing elaborate robes, gold jewelry, and hooped earrings, which are believed to have been worn during ceremonial events. Herodotus described fish scale armor coats and headdresses made from cloth and felt. They traveled with a caravan of covered carriages, which transported their supplies, concubines, and attendants. To differentiate between ranks, their spears featured different bottoms.
Their weapons consisted of short spears, quivers, wicker shields covered in leather, large daggers, slings, and bows and arrows. While heavily equipped, they did have shortcomings. To counter this, they developed different tactics, including a quantity over quality approach and shock-and-awe fighting.
This was evident during the Battle of Pelusium in B. He knew they were faithful to Bastet, the Goddess of Cats, so he and the Immortals used it to their advantage. By drawing cats on their shields and letting loose felines on the battlefield, they were able to force the Egyptians into surrender.
By B. They became so feared that, instead of fighting them, the Cypriots, the Arabs of Judea and the Sinai Peninsula, and the Phoenicians became their allies. He describes them as. This corps was known as the Immortals, because it was invariably kept up to strength; if a man was killed or fell sick, the vacancy he left was at once filled, so that the total strength of the corps was never less - and never more - than ten thousand.
Of all the troops in Persian army, the native Persians were not only the best but also the most magnificently equipped; their dress and armor I have mentioned already, but I should add that every man glittered with the gold which he carried about his person in unlimited quantity.
They were accompanied, moreover, by covered carriages full of their women and servants, all elaborately fitted out. Special food, separate from that of the rest of the army, was brought along for them on dromedaries and mules.
Aubrey de Selincourt. Immortals — Livius. M R Reese is a writer and researcher with a passion for unlocking the mysteries of ancient civilizations. She believes that only by understanding where we come from, can we truly understand our life path and purpose. She has earned Read More. The guards hardly waged any war as it was their duty to guard the central command of the army the King himseld as in those days if your king centre is over run by enemy the war was ended. Y to space we go in jellyfish mushroom made of greens and gold fast to sleep in dopamine optimized we are as needed.
Ancient Origins has been quoted by:. At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings.
And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained.
The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe. By bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us.
We seek to retell the story of our beginnings. Skip to main content. Updated 13 November, - mrreese. Read Later Print. Login or Register in order to comment. Mano Eqdam wrote on 29 December, - Permalink. Sunniva wrote on 13 November, - Permalink.
Were they there before Cyrus the Great? If so, is it known who started with this elite army? Jared wrote on 13 November, - Permalink. Have to say that's one of the strangest comments out there. Great work here on the Persian Empire.
0コメント