User blog:Goddess of Despair/King of Kings Round 1: Alexander the Great vs Richard the Lionheart



Alexander the Great; the famous Macedonian king who conquered the world!

Richard the Lionheart; the near unstoppable crusader of the Medieval ages!

Who is deadliest? To find out, our wikians are testing history's most lethal weapons. We'll see what happens when these warriors go toe-to-toe! No rules, no safety, no mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is the King of Kings!

Alexander the Great
History= "Alexander is the truth!"

- Rashad Evans

Alexander III of Macedon (20 July 356 BC- 10 June 323 BC), better known as Alexander the Great, was born to Philip II of Macedon. Tutored by the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle, Alexander succeeded his father following his assassination, when Alexander was only 20 years old.

During the next 13 years, Alexander was undefeated in battle and created the largest empire the world had seen up until that time. It incorporated most of modern Greece and Egypt, the former Persian Empire, and reached to the western most parts of India. Had his soldiers not revolted at this point, Alexander may have continued expanding his empire eastward. Short range= Kopis
 * Weight-2 pounds.


 * Length-65cm.

Medium range= Sarissa
 * Steel.
 * Weight-12 pounds.


 * Length-15ft.

Long range= Greek Composite Bow A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, c.f., laminated bow. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the back of a wooden core. When the bow is drawn, the sinew (stretched on the outside) and horn (compressed on the inside) store more energy than wood for the same length of bow. The strength can be made similar to that of all-wood "self" bows, with similar draw-length and therefore a similar amount of energy delivered to the arrow from a much shorter bow. However, a composite bow requires more different materials than a self bow, its construction takes much more time, and the finished bow is more sensitive to moisture. Tactics= Battle of Gaugamela
 * Iron.

Richard the Lionheart
History= "You can make plan for the future battle, but as soon as it starts – your plan will be ruined. Horn shall sound! And the God with knights help, will put everything in its place."

- Richardthe Lionheart

Richard I the Lionheart (1157 - 1199) - King of England from 1189 of the Plantagenet dynasty. Richard and King Philip of France were to take part in the Third Crusade. In a short time, emptying the treasury and bled the country of extortion, Richard raised money and set sail for the Holy Land, leaving England at the head of his brother, Prince John. Looting on the way the city of Messina in Sicily and conquered Cyprus, Richard arrived in Palestine, where the fortress port of Acre in the siege of the Crusaders. Despite what they already agreed on the honorable surrender of the city - Richard tore the negotiations and took Acre by the quick storm. Immediately after that in the camp of the Crusaders began discord, Richard quarreled with Philip and grossly insulted the Duke Leopold of Austria. Richard, not having received the promise of redemption for the garrison of Acre, ordered the execution of 2,000 prisoners, for which he received the nickname "Lion Heart". Short range= Longsword
 * Weight-2.6 pounds.


 * Length-110 cm.

Medium range= English billhook
 * Steel.
 * Weight-6.6 pounds.


 * Length-6ft.

Long range= Crossbow Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean. The invention of the crossbow caused a major shift in the role of ranged weaponry among armies, as the traditional bow and arrow had long been a specialized weapons system which required a considerable degree of lifetime training, physical strength and expertise to operate with any degree of efficiency; in many cultures, despite being usually drawn from the common class, bowmen were considered a separate and superior caste, as their archery skill-set (similar to many horseman cultures) was essentially developed from birth and impossible to reproduce outside a pre-established cultural tradition, which many nations lacked. In contrast, the crossbow was the first projectile weapon to be simple, cheap and physically-undemanding enough to be operated by large numbers of conscript soldiers, thus enabling virtually any nation with sufficient coin to field a potent force of ranged crossbowmen with little expense beyond the cost of the weapons themselves. This led to the ascendancy of large mercenary armies of crossbowmen (best exemplified by the Genoese crossbowmen), and the eventual death of the heavily armored aristocratic knight as armies became progressively dominated by conscripts equipped with increasingly-powerful ranged projectile weapons. Tactics= Siege of Acre.
 * Steel.

Battle Information/Voting
The battle will be a 4 on 4. Alexander's troops will wear bronze curiass, helmets, and Aspis shields. Richard's men will have chainmail (not rivetted) and Kite shields. Both leaders will be mounted. The battle will be a 4 on 4 and will take place on neautral terrain. Proper grammar is required  and copying votes is not allowed. Any equipment not otherwise listed, such as chariots, will not be used in this battle.

Battle
TBW

Expert's Opinion
TBD

Bracket and Poll


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