Greeks: Greek Slingers

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Greeks: Greek Slingers

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Description

Eight Greek slingers in metal: herdsmen and day labourers who could never afford hoplite armour, but for whom every stone found its mark. The troops whose sling shot can shake the enemy phalanx.

What's included

• 8 Spinners (metal)
• Supplied unpainted and unassembled

Material: Metal

SKU: WGH-GR-27

Product details

Background & context

The Greek lead sling bullet was a weapon with a message: examples found on battlefields bear words such as "Take that" or the name of the general who had them cast. Xenophon relates how, during the retreat of the Ten Thousand in 401 BC, it was the Rhodian slingers who finally stopped the Persian horsemen from pressing the pursuit, because their lead shot carried further than any arrow. Rhodes remained the place to hire mercenary slingers well into the Hellenistic period, and both Philip II and Alexander took them on campaign. In front of the phalanx they belonged to the Psiloi, the light troops who opened the fighting and then fell back behind the shields.

On the tabletop

Those who could not afford hoplite armour went to war as light troops armed with the sling. In Hail Caesar and Clash of Spears you deploy the eight slingers as skirmishers in front of your phalanx. They open the fight at range, harass the enemy with their shot and fall back behind their own shields before his heavy infantry arrives. Xenophon singles out the slingers of Rhodes, and as mercenaries they suit many armies.

Manufacturer & safety

Safety information

Not a toy.
Not suitable for children under 14 years.
Contains small parts and sharp components.
Supplied unassembled and unpainted.
Assembly required.
Glue and paints not included.

Manufacturer

Warlord Games Limited
Unit 1 Central Court
Finch Close
Nottingham
NG7 2NN
United Kingdom

Importer

Warlord Games Limited
Representative: Christian Münzer
Postfach 180134
40568 Düsseldorf
Germany
Email: gpsr@warlordgames.com
Phone: +49 211 50946904

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