08-20-2010, 11:07 PM
I have recently read: 'The book of the sword' by Sir Richard Burton. He states that the wedge/Keil formation was used by several cultures (page 273), including Greek, Roman, German and Scandinavian. Schweinskopf in German, Svinfylking of Scandinavia (they attributed it's invention to Odin). Burton also states that it was used at the Battle of Hastings by the Normans.
Also mentioned by Burton: Asclepiodotus (vii. 3) and Aelian (xviii. 4) as describing the cuneus as Scythian and Thracian respectively.
Not sure about these references and they do not refer to the 'sawtooth' discussed here, just thought I would throw em into the mix.
Also mentioned by Burton: Asclepiodotus (vii. 3) and Aelian (xviii. 4) as describing the cuneus as Scythian and Thracian respectively.
Not sure about these references and they do not refer to the 'sawtooth' discussed here, just thought I would throw em into the mix.
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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
