Adding the
Early Byzantine to the collection, primarily as opponents for my Sassanid, I
began looking at other armies to collect and Armenia of the same period surfaced
to the top. I must confess I know very little about Armenia of this sub-list
other than it seemed its presence worked as a magnet to pull the major players
(Byzantine & Sassanid) and a number of minor ones (Iberia, Albania, Arabs
and Huns) into conflict.
Map: Atlas of Armenia (Wiki)
After several
weeks of scouring the Internet I decided to bring order to all the loose pieces
of information and construct a timeline. What I found is a treasure trove of
political events which sparked military episodes begging to be made into
historical scenarios.
The timeline
is long and therefore will be presented in two parts. A third part describing
some of the major battles might prove useful; however, this might change to a
series of historical battles such as I have done earlier for the Migration to
Kingdom project.
Timeline
Armenia – part 1 (tomorrow).
Great stuff - thanks for doing this. Timelines are great tools, and it's good of you to post the fruits of your research.
ReplyDeleteCaliban,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind word.
Cheers,
Robert