List of Plates

Plate 1	Reconstructions of the equipment of the classical hoplite c.400BC, and the equipment of the reformed Iphicratean peltast, c.374BC.
Plate 2	The butt of a Macedonian sarissa - Shefton Collection, Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, No.111.
Plate 3	Photo and reconstruction of a depiction of a Hellenistic cavalryman from Kinch’s Tomb - Lefkadia, Macedonia.
Plate 4	Detail of the Alexander Mosaic (Naples Archaeological Museum #10020) showing Alexander wielding a cavalry lance.
Plate 5	Detail of the Alexander Mosaic showing the heads of Macedonian sarissae.
Plate 6	The terracotta mould for the facing of shields of Ptolemaic phalangites (third century BC) – Allard, Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, No.7879.
Plate 7	Two phalangites engage enemy cavalry and infantry – line drawing of a bronze plaque from Pergamon.
Plate 8	Stele of Nikolaos, son of Hadymos, showing a phalangite carrying the peltē.
Plate 9	Different ways of using the ochane.
Plate 10	Replica helmets, headwear and swords of the Hellenistic Age.
Plate 11	A ‘shield coin’ of Alexander the Great showing the facing of a Macedonian shield on the obverse side and a crested pilos helmet on the reverse side.
Plate 12	How body posture dictates the axis of the head when wearing a masked Phrygian helmet.
Plate 13	Phalangite drill – moving a pike angled forwards at 45° to lowered for combat.
Plate 14	Marching with a sarissa separated into two parts and sloped over the shoulder.
Plate 15	Recording the effective range and trajectory of an attack delivered with a sarissa held at waist height.
Plate 16	Recording the effective range and trajectory of an attack delivered with a sarissa couched into the armpit.
Plate 17	Recording the effective range and trajectory of an attack delivered with a sarissa held above shoulder height.
Plate 18	The exposed areas on a phalangite when wearing no armour.
Plate 19	The exposed areas on a phalangite when wearing a helmet and armour.
Plate 20	The exposed areas on a phalangite adopting an oblique posture with shield and pike.