Rome vs Japan

[silverbeard]

samurai's main weapon was the bow, and their main attacking unit was the cav. archers, which i must say would cripple the less mobile roman army with countless flank or rear attacks.

but...if the romans managed to get into close combat there phalanx type tactics would probably beat the samurai in the long run...lets also remember that not all samurai were amazing almost mythical warriors...japanese armys would consist greatly of pheasants (who carried spears with little or no armor at all).

mainly foot soldiers carried yari's (spear) and hardly used their swords...while cav. carried long non-dachi sword....

just a few points to consider :wink:



this is what a trained samurai could do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHcisvHf ... ed&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZumU0- ... ed&search=