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Takabara

Background

Takabara was a unit in the Persian Achaemenid army. They appear in some references related to the Greco-Persian wars, but little is known about them. According to Greek sources they were a tough type of peltasts.[1] Takabara nevertheless were more garrison warriors than front line fighters as proved against the well-armed Hoplites of Greece where they were easily defeated in hand to hand conflict. They tended to fight with their own native weapons which would have included a crescent-shaped light wickerwork shield and axes as well as light linen cloth and leather. The Takabara were recruited from territories that incorporated modern Iraq and parts of Iran.

Warfare

Achaemenid Wars

G► Battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‎ (4 C, 9 P)S► Sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire‎ (9 P)BBattle of ArtemisiumBattle of MarathonBattle of the Persian BorderBattle of MycaleBattle of OpisBattle of PlataeaBattle of SalamisBattle of the GranicusBattle of ThermopylaeCBattle of CunaxaEBattle of Ephesus (498 BC)Battle of the EurymedonGBattle of GaugamelaHBattle of HyrbaIBattle of IssusLBattle of LadePPatigrabanaBattle of Pelusium (525 BC)Persian RevoltBattle of PteriaSScythian campaignSestosTBattle of the Persian GateBattle of Thymbra

Nicholas Sekunda, The Persian Army 560-330 BC, page 30, 1992, Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-250-9