So apparently after the Spartans won Tanagra, their army was such a wreck that they went home, leaving the happy and healthy losers (the Athenian Army) to seek out and crush the Thebans and their allies and thus gain hegenomy over Thessally for a generation.
So what did Oinephyta look like? It happened on the Asopos River and that river is on the Hoplite Platea map. So here is a shot at Oinephyta (Mark I):
1) initial set up:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:36:18 PM
So apparently after the Spartans won Tanagra, their army was such a wreck that they went home, leaving the happy and healthy losers (the Athenian Army) to seek out and crush the Thebans and their allies and thus gain hegenomy over Thessally for a generation.
So what did Oinephyta look like? It happened on the Asopos River and that river is on the Hoplite Platea map. So here is a shot at Oinephyta (Mark I):
1) initial set up:
The Athenians advance in some disarray (having it is supposed crossed the river and not quite gotten into a regular alignment, but using that irregularity to give a one-two punch at the Theban center):
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:40:16 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:36:18 PM
So apparently after the Spartans won Tanagra, their army was such a wreck that they went home, leaving the happy and healthy losers (the Athenian Army) to seek out and crush the Thebans and their allies and thus gain hegenomy over Thessally for a generation.
So what did Oinephyta look like? It happened on the Asopos River and that river is on the Hoplite Platea map. So here is a shot at Oinephyta (Mark I):
1) initial set up:
The Athenians advance in some disarray (having it is supposed crossed the river and not quite gotten into a regular alignment, but using that irregularity to give a one-two punch at the Theban center):
Both sides are moving at the beginning of turn 2:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 18, 2016, 03:40:35 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:40:16 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:36:18 PM
So apparently after the Spartans won Tanagra, their army was such a wreck that they went home, leaving the happy and healthy losers (the Athenian Army) to seek out and crush the Thebans and their allies and thus gain hegenomy over Thessally for a generation.
So what did Oinephyta look like? It happened on the Asopos River and that river is on the Hoplite Platea map. So here is a shot at Oinephyta (Mark I):
1) initial set up:
The Athenians advance in some disarray (having it is supposed crossed the river and not quite gotten into a regular alignment, but using that irregularity to give a one-two punch at the Theban center):
Both sides are moving at the beginning of turn 2:
After the initial collision (one Theban phalanx gone):
Quote from: MengJiao on September 18, 2016, 03:47:34 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 18, 2016, 03:40:35 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:40:16 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 17, 2016, 09:36:18 PM
So apparently after the Spartans won Tanagra, their army was such a wreck that they went home, leaving the happy and healthy losers (the Athenian Army) to seek out and crush the Thebans and their allies and thus gain hegenomy over Thessally for a generation.
So what did Oinephyta look like? It happened on the Asopos River and that river is on the Hoplite Platea map. So here is a shot at Oinephyta (Mark I):
1) initial set up:
The Athenians advance in some disarray (having it is supposed crossed the river and not quite gotten into a regular alignment, but using that irregularity to give a one-two punch at the Theban center):
Both sides are moving at the beginning of turn 2:
After the initial collision (one Theban phalanx gone):
Start of turn 3; the one-two punch has broken another Theban phalanx (and during turn 3, the Thebans break completely):