03-14-2013, 11:25 PM
Quote:Well, we're back to the arguments for and against cavalry charging "at" infantry here aren't we? As well as delivery style of aplumbatae attack.
I personally think cavalry move too quickly for plumbatae to be an obvious weapon against them. Slower moving advancing infantry where you could disrupt the middle to rear ranks even when engaged in the front ranks.
Which might explain why they seem to mostly be found either on the frontier with a Germanic tribe, or near one of the fabricae.