Talk:Battle of Heraclea
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Hi. I found here another possible order of battle for Heraclea:
Pyrrhus
- 3000 Advanced Guards with Milo (Hypaspists or Chaeonians)
- 20,000 Phalangites, Hoplites, and Peltasts (Includes 5000 Macedonian mercenaries supplied by Ptolemy)
- 3000 horse (Including a contingent of Thessalian Horsemen)
- 2000 archers
- 500 Rhodian slingers
- 20 war elephants with towers holding troops
Tarantine army
- 6000 Levy Hoplites
- 1000 Cavalry
Romans
- 20,000 legionars (4 legions)
- 1,200 cavalry
Roman allies
- 16,800 legionars (4 legions)
- 2,400 Light infantry Bruttians, Campanian allies
- 3,600 Allied Legion Cavalry
- 1,200 Southern Italian Light Cavalry
What about it?--Panairjdde 17:17, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
