02-06-2007, 07:34 AM
I'm not aware of any other instances when the Roman used this technique, but it was used fairly often by most armies in northern Europe.
From personal experience at a Pennsic many years ago, I know that the shield wall is filled with lots of little movements and "fidgets", and people moving behind the line in a crouch blend in easily with this motion. We were flanked quite easily when the enemy shifted about 60 men from their left reserves across their lines and into a gulley on their far right and emerging behind our own line. I don't think our archers even knew what was happening before they were overrun.
From personal experience at a Pennsic many years ago, I know that the shield wall is filled with lots of little movements and "fidgets", and people moving behind the line in a crouch blend in easily with this motion. We were flanked quite easily when the enemy shifted about 60 men from their left reserves across their lines and into a gulley on their far right and emerging behind our own line. I don't think our archers even knew what was happening before they were overrun.
Globuli Non Ludibrii
-- Felix Canus_____
-- Cedric Einarsson
-- Felix Canus_____
-- Cedric Einarsson
