09-24-2006, 06:53 PM
As much as I luv the Spartans I have to give the battle to the romans. Sure the Spartans can manuver, but they can't even come close to the manuverability of the Roman cohorts.
THE only way for a Spartan phalanx to win is in the tight streets of a city or Thermopoly. If you read the descriptions of the times Roman Legions and Phalanxes engaged eachother we find that victory was in large part due to the Romans Manuverability, and the Succesor (macedon & Seleunid Emp sp) inability to protect the flanks or reinforce the gaps in the phalanx.
THE only way for a Spartan phalanx to win is in the tight streets of a city or Thermopoly. If you read the descriptions of the times Roman Legions and Phalanxes engaged eachother we find that victory was in large part due to the Romans Manuverability, and the Succesor (macedon & Seleunid Emp sp) inability to protect the flanks or reinforce the gaps in the phalanx.
Sergio Garcia a.k.a NeoSpartan
