08-05-2010, 09:29 PM
Quote:The wedge is found in classical references, I do not believe "saw tooth" is but it has become an enforcement of modern command and control techniques of troops on the battle field the Romans just would not have.
I agree and I would go a step further and say the I doubt if such a formation spread out over a large area could be maintained by a modern army with current communication tech. (just my opinion folks :wink: )
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
