Greeting All Two days ago, my son stumbled across a site for a new magazine called 'Ancient Warfare'. It's a very ambitious endeavor and if they pull it off,...
Hello I decided to uncloak after all these years of lurking to say "Hi". "Big Bopper" told me about this site years ago after my husband (Kirby Wise) made his...
Hi It's a great pleasure to have you in this forum!Your husband is obviously one of the best armourers who do ancient stuff out there!The photos are great!The...
Here's info on just what this new magazine is all about; ... Ancient Warfare magazine is different every time, but there is method to our madness! See below...
Ok,sounds like the Paradise to me!If it's gonna be as described,this will be the best magazine out there!But I suppose it won't be available in Greece,will it?...
Hello all I'm pretty much a lurker too Laurie, but I do occasionlly uncloak and chime in. I've learned so much in this forum and have enjoyed it very much....
Ok Folks, I haven't kept up lately on the group. How is the new flick 300? Is Gerard any good as Leonidas? Work has dragged me kicking and screaming into the...
... A good action flick. Not very historically accurate. but entertaining nonetheless. Yes, I think Gerard played a pretty good Leonidas. Not much in the way...
Great movie!! however I have a few interstign observations: 1. I think it would make a great drinking game. Everytime some one says Sparta or Spartan you take...
Hmm... no exploding yurts? That really made Troy for me! Seriously, though, can't they make a movie about human struggle and, I don't know, use advanced film...
I think that every Hollywood movie had an explosives budget that has to be used. That explains the recent Beowulfish movie "Grendel" where the hero uses a ...
I agree with all you say about explosives in Hollywood,guys.Not wanting to defend the accuracy of the movie(must have been mad!,just for the sake of the...
Hello Greenguys Yes, Kirby has made at least three Kopis and a Falcata. The Kopis in the Thracian Panoply photo was made by him. It is also the same one shown...
That was one of the bright spots of the movie, the actor who played Leonidas did a very good job. As did the actress who played his Wife! I few of the actors...
Greetings! My name is Zacrey and I've been an admirer of ancient Greece for the majority of my 22 years. I actually only found this discussion group last week...
I saw the movie yesterday It is a mixture of historic inaccuracies and overlooked historical facts. Apart from its epic color and battle orientation (which was...
ZACREY= I loved your choice of words on your email. There is a certain comedy vein on your prose!...You should consider being a writer, or something related to...
TSAR= You are right, lots of innacuracies on the film. But don't you think we should celebrate when a studio decide to do a movie based on ancient history, of...
I just say that it was a really good movie. Of course Hollywood is going to sacrifice a lot of things to try and get the audience to like it. Its probably the...
The problem I have with this movie is that generations of young people are going to think that the ephors were a bunch of lecherous ghouls living on a mountain...
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Well said! I am always making my wife mad by pointing out that the underhanded grip is wrong(she says I have too much leisure time). However, the point of ...
... In my search for answers to that quandary I ... ~Zacrey Monte Hansen ... I disagree with Van Wees on his take on the experience of combat. First he places...
Was it Xenophon who mentions that during "fake" battles many soldiers complained about injuries?A phalanx clash would be very interesting even without spears...
I was talking to a friend at work today and he said his son's class was tasked to do a report on the "real" 300 Spartans! Hopefully there are other good...
Miller said it was a not history. If you want History buy a book. If you want entertainment see the film. I believe the point of the Film was to talk about...
... If you ... Greek ... Country then ... too, but ... from the ... Well put above. I left these two quoted responses (at the bottom) in on purpose as I wanted...
... The graphic novel is about history, thus it is history. Had he written the same story about a group of stoic elves fighting some goblins in a mountain...
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