11-03-2007, 11:50 AM
Quote:C. and D. and variations thereon can be made to work much better if the shields are held at a more 'natural' angle i.e. not at 90 degrees to the Hoplite's axis, (0 degrees to a hypothetical 'line') but rather with the left edge of the shield sloping slightly to the rear, compared to the right, say 15-30 degrees to an imagined front horizontal line......
Which is what my solution above is based on. I think you and Gianni are thinking of the same thing.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)