05-21-2013, 01:53 PM
Regarding your (Mark's) illustration given in the next post, the things that struck me as odd have all to do with the cavalry deployment. The first thing that troubled me to see it as a standard battle-line was the deployment of the Roman cavalry behind the Triarii, which I guess you did to compare their frontages as you suggest them to be. The second thing was that you deployed the allied cavalry in three lines, which, to the best of my knowledge, was not yet an option. The third thing was that you posted the turmae (or whatever squadrons they would form) too close to each other, which makes it impossible for them to fight in the usual/traditional (for the era) manner of "perispasmoi".
