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Ancient Palmyrans

I think a great set to do would be "The Court of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra" and the full army of Palmyra with a bit of Hollywood flair. Could be a very cool ancient near east line and opponents for the Romans.

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What would an Ancient Palmyran army look like (types of units)?

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If you can get access to the Internet you just have to google "Palmyran Army" for a range of references. These are a useful introduction:

http://www.madaxeman.com/FoGAM/tiki-index.php?page=Palmyran
http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/dba76.html
http://www.dbaol.com/armies/army_76_figure_1.html

(Note: the DBA army list is further developed in the latest 3.0 version)

There are several sets of cataphracts in 1/72 plastic, and the rest can fairly easily be converted from Persians, Parthians, Sassanids etc.

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The Palmyrans would be mostly a Cataphract horse archer army. Similar to parthians. They would have more camel mounted and arab mercenaries, and possible roman style infantry.

I like the Queen Zenobia historical element, very romantic, and similar to Cleopatra. I think a rich ancient court scene set would be super cool. I'd also like a colorful command / camp set and some elite camel mounted troops.

Mostly for fun, not too serious sets really. But they did have some serious fights with the romans.