This list covers the later period of Mycenaean Greece and the semi-legendary Trojan War of about 1200 BC described by Homer, which is now thought to be a heavily-embroidered account of a war between the Achaean Greeks and the city of Troy/1lium/ Ilion which controlled trade access to the Black Sea and to reflect the military practice of this era. Ilium is taken to be the “Wilusa” of the Hittite records and an account of Hittite king Tudhaliya IV sending a Hittite army to aid Wilusa against an attack by Attarsiyas (Atreus?) ruler of the Ahhiiyawa (Achaians?) may refer to the same war. Homer described the spearmen as pressing “shield against shield in their closed formation, bristling with shields and spears”. Since he was composing much later during the period covered by list I/30, some of his graphic descriptions may be coloured by contemporary practise, and in particular, charioteers dismounting to fight may be an anachronism. Where his charioteers do fight mounted, they sometimes thrust with spears, but usually throw javelins. In the Iliad, the Myrmidons are the ferocious but undisciplined followers of Achilles. The Pylians commanded by the arch-conservative Nestor are assumed here to use the old figure-of-eight shields and two-handed long spears. References: Armies of the Ancient Near East N. Stillman & N. Tallis, Early Greck Warfare P.A.L Greenhalgh, The lliad Homer, The Attack on Troy R. Castleden, The Legend of Odysseus P. Connolly, The King in Splendour G. Shipway (novel).
— Achaian Army 1250 BC - 1190 BC
I/14 — EARLY NORTHERN BARBARIANS 2000 BC - 315 BC
I/24 — HITTITE EMPIRE 1380 BC - 1180 BC
I/26 — LATER MYCENAEAN & TROJAN WAR 1250 BC - 1190 BC
I/28 — SEA PEOPLES 1208 BC - 1176 BC
— Trojan Army 1250 BC - 1190 BC
I/24 — HITTITE EMPIRE 1380 BC - 1180 BC
I/26 — LATER MYCENAEAN & TROJAN WAR 1250 BC - 1190 BC
I/28 — SEA PEOPLES 1208 BC - 1176 BC
I/24 — HITTITE EMPIRE 1380 BC - 1180 BC