Here is a photo of the board from the Persian side with the initial deployments The line marking the start of the gentle hill is marked with black thread.
Callinicum deployment from Persian side
Lakhmid Light cavalry
Heavy cavalry (FV5)
Heavy cavalry reserve (FV4)
Heavy cavalry (FV4)
Byzantine units (left to right as per the image above)
Ghassanid Light cavalry
Light infantry
Heavy cavalry (FV4)
Heavy cavalry (FV5)
Heavy cavalry (FV4)
Skutatoi Heavy infantry
I have a fair few armies and haven't painted anything in about 8 years. The Sassanid Persians are Sassanid Persians, but the Byzantines will look like Late Romans. Also, the Arab allies will look like Huns (for the Lakhmids) and Indians (for the Byzantines). If I was more organised, I should have painted up the correct figures. But my time is short and I would prefer the rules comparisons. Maybe for the next scenario after Callinicum. The painting quality of the figures varies and about half my figures were painted by someone else.
Straight after deployment, I realised that I may have been a little too generous in the divisions, so I reduced the Heavy Divisions allowance for the Persians to 3. also in hindsight, I should have decreased the heavy division allowance of the Byzantines to 3 as well. It is likely that the infantry would best have been served as an uncontrolled division.
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