06-06-2008, 03:55 AM
Lee wrote:
As far as I know that is all the evidence, Lee! :wink: I grew up with the theory that to provide orders in battle the trumpets blew and everyone looked at the standards which could be moved or dipped to provide simple commands. This sounds good providing the standards are in front so everyone can see them but then when you think about it perhaps whistles are not so daft after all! Perhaps there is a thread somewhere else were all of this has been discussed?
Anyway back to Rome, yes well worth getting it is an enjoyable romp but read a good general Roman history book before, during or after!
Graham.
Quote:The romans certainly had whistles, .....though I am not sure of the evidence.
As far as I know that is all the evidence, Lee! :wink: I grew up with the theory that to provide orders in battle the trumpets blew and everyone looked at the standards which could be moved or dipped to provide simple commands. This sounds good providing the standards are in front so everyone can see them but then when you think about it perhaps whistles are not so daft after all! Perhaps there is a thread somewhere else were all of this has been discussed?
Anyway back to Rome, yes well worth getting it is an enjoyable romp but read a good general Roman history book before, during or after!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
