[MrNatural]

..as a classicist I guess he had to toss in a Hoplite or two.

Right. He's written books about nothing but Hoplites. :)

Myself, I find that area of his writing kind of difficult to stay with; probably because I don't have a real depth of knowledge about that era. All his other writing, with examples from times I'm more familiar with, are greatly interesting. He is truly a thinker whose work will long outlive him.

[MrNatural]

Ooops - My #24 should have posted to another thread; no idea how it came out here...!