06-09-2004, 03:18 PM
I am very interested about which tombstone are you refering to?<br>
About axes,<br>
axe is mostly throwing weapon (like francisca was used) so I am very sceptical about idea of roman regular usage of axe in common situations in battle. As far as I know I have never seen battle axes in roman legionary camps. But we have to think that in the moments when german soldiers have been "adopted" in the army usual concepts of warfare have changed aswell as usage of weapons. So we have to know which period of roman millitary history are we spoking about. <p></p><i></i>
About axes,<br>
axe is mostly throwing weapon (like francisca was used) so I am very sceptical about idea of roman regular usage of axe in common situations in battle. As far as I know I have never seen battle axes in roman legionary camps. But we have to think that in the moments when german soldiers have been "adopted" in the army usual concepts of warfare have changed aswell as usage of weapons. So we have to know which period of roman millitary history are we spoking about. <p></p><i></i>
