Aspis! A Simple Guide to Re-enacting Ancient Greek Warriors - Skarmintzos, Stefanos
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Aspis! A Simple Guide to Re-enacting Ancient Greek Warriors. The interest in military equipment of the Greek Classical era has led to a profusion of re-enactment groups, who demonstrate, every year, thoroughly researched reconstructions to the public. Re-enactors spend considerable time and money obtaining good quality reproductions which necessitates a quest for information, especially for those who are newcomers to this activity. This work offers simple guidelines on doing impressions and reconstructions of ancient Greek warriors. A training manual compiled from ancient texts and the…mehr

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Aspis! A Simple Guide to Re-enacting Ancient Greek Warriors. The interest in military equipment of the Greek Classical era has led to a profusion of re-enactment groups, who demonstrate, every year, thoroughly researched reconstructions to the public. Re-enactors spend considerable time and money obtaining good quality reproductions which necessitates a quest for information, especially for those who are newcomers to this activity. This work offers simple guidelines on doing impressions and reconstructions of ancient Greek warriors. A training manual compiled from ancient texts and the author's experience in re-enacting aims to offer clear guidelines so that ancient Greek infantry drill can be replicated safely. It takes into account modern conditions and facilitates the execution of ancient infantry drill by modern people and it addresses the needs of the enthusiast re-constructor. The author puts his experience to assist the average person who is fond of Ancient Greek history and warfare.
Autorenporträt
Stephanos Skarmintzos holds Master's Degree (Hon) in Military History at the University of Wolverhampton and also a Bachelor's Degree in IT. He lives in Athens Greece and was worked as a business consultant in many Greek and international companies, and he is a member of the Hellenic Maritime Museum. He has been involved in ancient reenacting from 2006 and medieval reenacting from 2012. In this capacity as a historical advisor to reenacting clubs he has participated in historical documentaries productions such BBC "WHO WERE THE GREEKS". He is offering lectures about historical subjects both in Greece and abroad and he is a frequent contributor to both Greek & International History magazines and author of "ASPIS! A guide to re-enact ancient Greek warriors" His work has also been published in Academic journals such as in the journal of Department of Archaeology and Anthropology of PU¿TUSK University in 2013 and the University of Catania in 2014. He has also been listed in the top 5% of researchers of the "Academia. Edu" website. His main areas of interest are Ancient Greek shield devices, Bronze Age weapons Byzantine Military art and Heraldry and Greek History. He is studying and training in HEMA at the S.C. "Academy of Hoplomachia" in Athens and is a Historical Consultant for the Hellenic HEMA Federation. He also takes part in Experimental Archeology reconstructions as a member of the German living history association "Hetairoi" and researches European historical weapons under the guidance the of the instructors of the Hellenic HEMA Federation. He is also a member of the Maritime Museum and he collaborate with the Athens War Museum in living history presentations. He is also author of three books.