03-15-2005, 10:50 AM
Hi Tim<br>
I very much liked your answer to why wedge wasn't used all the time, as it was limited unless...<br>
<br>
So I imagine ancient battles as<br>
1) on the average not too much agressive fighting (just some spear stabbing and fencing,...)<br>
2) local surge of activity: someone builds up determination, due to shyness of eneny directly infront, to go for a charge backed by buddies; i.e. a natural wedge of the scale of a few meters;<br>
3) two things might happen: wedge makes progress and develops, or simmers down as enemy formation absorbs it with no net progress;<br>
4) training can allow better follow-up of these natural wedges; small scale command structure (centurions) can even organize and set off wedges with widths of the order of a few tens of meters. Unless enemy is well organized such a larger wedge will do real damage.<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=goffredo>goffredo</A> at: 3/15/05 2:51 pm<br></i>
I very much liked your answer to why wedge wasn't used all the time, as it was limited unless...<br>
<br>
So I imagine ancient battles as<br>
1) on the average not too much agressive fighting (just some spear stabbing and fencing,...)<br>
2) local surge of activity: someone builds up determination, due to shyness of eneny directly infront, to go for a charge backed by buddies; i.e. a natural wedge of the scale of a few meters;<br>
3) two things might happen: wedge makes progress and develops, or simmers down as enemy formation absorbs it with no net progress;<br>
4) training can allow better follow-up of these natural wedges; small scale command structure (centurions) can even organize and set off wedges with widths of the order of a few tens of meters. Unless enemy is well organized such a larger wedge will do real damage.<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=goffredo>goffredo</A> at: 3/15/05 2:51 pm<br></i>
Jeffery Wyss
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"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
