06-11-2007, 06:08 AM
Quote: I'm doing a DVD on the late Roman army and this weekend Comitatus reconstructed scenes I've only dreamed about. It was brilliant and everybody worked very hard to make it come true.I'm drolling when i read that.. Will it be only for internal use or is there a chance the rest of us can get to see it? Please? PLEASE?
Quote:Anyway, the rate of resupply using dart quivers is far better than passing darts forward individually. Darts can be used underarm at distance and overarm at close range, so all ranks in the formation get to use them at some time. The front ranks use them at close range with an overarm throw using a straight arm. This gives power to the throw. I suspect there is still an article on www.comitatus.net which may give more information.Yes there is: http://www.comitatus.net/plumbata.htm
Quote:I don't feel our pedes care if they fight with darts inside shield or not. But if the darts get broken during combat, our file leaders will beat them senseless. Darts strapped to the inside of shields are liable to breakage.But there are no references to darts been used on horseback in Late Antiquity. I was mislead by a fake reference in Procopius. (so you can stop looking now Robert!)OK. Too bad, really.
Robert Vermaat
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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)