03-16-2005, 09:34 PM
Tarbicus<br>
1) I assume then that you agree that a volley of javelins would indeed be very efective to halt a wedge formation<br>
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2) I know the Ancient battlefield would be very different from WW2, but the psichological reaction of soldiers still would be very similar, panic would start in the last ranks, sure centurions would do their best to prevent that, but in fact Roman armies routed many times, as did any other army, and the sequence always started in the last ranks, with soldiers not directly involved in battle.<br>
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I have a question about wedge that maybe a reenactor could answer, how any unit deployed in the battleline redeployed to form a wedge? it looks like a difficult task to me <p></p><i></i>
1) I assume then that you agree that a volley of javelins would indeed be very efective to halt a wedge formation<br>
<br>
2) I know the Ancient battlefield would be very different from WW2, but the psichological reaction of soldiers still would be very similar, panic would start in the last ranks, sure centurions would do their best to prevent that, but in fact Roman armies routed many times, as did any other army, and the sequence always started in the last ranks, with soldiers not directly involved in battle.<br>
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I have a question about wedge that maybe a reenactor could answer, how any unit deployed in the battleline redeployed to form a wedge? it looks like a difficult task to me <p></p><i></i>
