12-18-2008, 05:50 PM
Okay I'm gonna be a thread necromancer
Here are a few things I would like to clarify
1 The Romans were trained in all sorts of martial arts
2 Roman blades are made high quality steel
3 Spathas were superior to the katana
4 The katana wasn't used much and didn't attain its cult like status until the 1600's and it will break just as easily as a medieval blade and it's rather fragile
5 The No-Dachi is a rather crude weapon and was used by peasants
6 The samurai (Pre 1600's) would have used a tachi
7 What era combatants are we talking about?
8 The legionaries were professional soldiers, the samurai was a warrior and not all samurai were combatants
9 If rome was powerful enough to expand into japan...
8 Each legion had sixty ballistae, along with archers, they also had the cheiroballista, manuballista, onagers, scorpios, arcuballista, cheiroballista, horse archers, various auxilaries, stone thrower ballistae, along with a ballista that worked like somewhat a gatling gun
10 The romans had factories to mass produce gear
11 They had better cavalry (Lets see a samurai fight a clibanarius)
12 Bushido and all the ki stuff... that only took off during the meiji period when samurai were little more than butterflies
13 The fights between portugese sailors and samurai the only time a sailor lost was when he was so drunk he barely stand up
14 The romans had sniper/sharpshooter units and organized intelligence
agencies, and the ninja came to be around the 1400's I'd like to see a ninja fight a praetorian, a Speculatore, an Arcanius, an Agens In Rusbes, a Praevenatore, A frumentarius...
15 The romans also hated to retreat and they would fight to the death if need be
16 The romans would also be bigger than the samurai
17 The gladius is horrific cutting tool
OT: The europeans had their own martial arts that were I daresay more brutal and effective than japanese martial arts, plate armor wasn't super heavy and clumsy, swords didn't weigh forty pounds
Here are a few things I would like to clarify
1 The Romans were trained in all sorts of martial arts
2 Roman blades are made high quality steel
3 Spathas were superior to the katana
4 The katana wasn't used much and didn't attain its cult like status until the 1600's and it will break just as easily as a medieval blade and it's rather fragile
5 The No-Dachi is a rather crude weapon and was used by peasants
6 The samurai (Pre 1600's) would have used a tachi
7 What era combatants are we talking about?
8 The legionaries were professional soldiers, the samurai was a warrior and not all samurai were combatants
9 If rome was powerful enough to expand into japan...
8 Each legion had sixty ballistae, along with archers, they also had the cheiroballista, manuballista, onagers, scorpios, arcuballista, cheiroballista, horse archers, various auxilaries, stone thrower ballistae, along with a ballista that worked like somewhat a gatling gun
10 The romans had factories to mass produce gear
11 They had better cavalry (Lets see a samurai fight a clibanarius)
12 Bushido and all the ki stuff... that only took off during the meiji period when samurai were little more than butterflies
13 The fights between portugese sailors and samurai the only time a sailor lost was when he was so drunk he barely stand up
14 The romans had sniper/sharpshooter units and organized intelligence
agencies, and the ninja came to be around the 1400's I'd like to see a ninja fight a praetorian, a Speculatore, an Arcanius, an Agens In Rusbes, a Praevenatore, A frumentarius...
15 The romans also hated to retreat and they would fight to the death if need be
16 The romans would also be bigger than the samurai
17 The gladius is horrific cutting tool
OT: The europeans had their own martial arts that were I daresay more brutal and effective than japanese martial arts, plate armor wasn't super heavy and clumsy, swords didn't weigh forty pounds
