Sassanid Infantry

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Both of you, from the tone of your texts, have gone to accusing each other of being wrong and somewhat using ad hominem arguments, rather than debating the subject matter at hand. Neither of you have adequately sourced any subject matter to back up either of your claims as well. As great of a Wikipedia article on Aetius I wrote, I never use it as a source, and neither should either of you (in reference to Wikipedia, not the Aetius article). Jason, you reference Ammianus without citing him, and most of us here can't be bothered to look through pages and pages of material to find that specific passage. You need to quote what book and chapter it is in at least, preferably going as far as line numbers.

I recommend both of you do some basic reading on the topic before you try and debate this any further. I am not entirely familiar with Sassanid military disciplines, although I know the basics. Osprey would at least be a semi-decent start, if outdated and inaccurate in many regards. Nadeem can advise both of you on what subject matter to read up on.