10-09-2011, 05:51 PM
Yes I see you have fully analyzed this and the idea of the checkerboard formation, which you have so readily grasped, was never used in any battles.
So where was the Roman advantage from? They are simply formed up in one battle line exactly like their foes? No manouverable smaller blocks?
The idea the men in the blocks behind the fron row would just stand there like sheep amuses me. Of course they would cover the gaps, as would the skirmishers.
But I will withdraw from this conversation as I obviously have never understood any of the sources available to me, and all the modern reinterpretation is obviously correct!
Bye!
So where was the Roman advantage from? They are simply formed up in one battle line exactly like their foes? No manouverable smaller blocks?
The idea the men in the blocks behind the fron row would just stand there like sheep amuses me. Of course they would cover the gaps, as would the skirmishers.
But I will withdraw from this conversation as I obviously have never understood any of the sources available to me, and all the modern reinterpretation is obviously correct!
Bye!
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
