07-29-2006, 06:11 AM
Is it certain the falx could split a scuta? Sounds a little exagerated to me.
And of it seems to me that the falx-wielding guy would seem would need both hands to do it and a big and powerful wind-up! So how did this guy survive in a battle? No shield against the pila volleys and from other missiles (slings, arrows, ...) and, in close fighting no protection against a gladius (not necessarily from the legionary directly infront of him). His sides were going to be exposed sides when he was winding up to strike with his two handed falx psuedo-katana or what ever. If the falx could concievably split a scutum it was more of lucky hit, a fluke that maybe could be done in a one-on-one duel, but I seriously don't think it was frequent in a battle.
And of it seems to me that the falx-wielding guy would seem would need both hands to do it and a big and powerful wind-up! So how did this guy survive in a battle? No shield against the pila volleys and from other missiles (slings, arrows, ...) and, in close fighting no protection against a gladius (not necessarily from the legionary directly infront of him). His sides were going to be exposed sides when he was winding up to strike with his two handed falx psuedo-katana or what ever. If the falx could concievably split a scutum it was more of lucky hit, a fluke that maybe could be done in a one-on-one duel, but I seriously don't think it was frequent in a battle.
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
