Irrational Boudicca

[Conal]

Then you should be able to forgive our use of "barbarian" in its common usage, "non-Roman". That's pretty much how the Romans used it, after all.



I don't think chariots had any advantage over cavalry--rather the opposite! Caesar's men had been worried about the chariots 100 years before, but by 60 AD they are passe, and there is no mention that they were any special threat. One pilum can take out 2 horses and 2 men. Yawn.

I'm also not one of those who dismisses ancient accounts of troop numbers and casualties out of hand simply because I don't want to believe them. Caution is good, but let's not assume that everything was different from how it was written! Not much point in studying history if you go that route, eh?


Valete,
Matthew (Leg. XX)

The term "barbarian" can be forgiven if used for someone who thinks that a pilum is fighting fair 8) ... speaking of which you seem to have your cavalry using them now ... good tactics

Casualty caution is good, so is assuming a bias in anything written down on paper in the way of history & coments on history ... thats what makes it fun to study as you have to come to your own biased oppinion.

I will look up Jon Lendons book , sounds interesting ... just bought this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Side-Man-T ... F8&s=books
Men eh :roll: give them a sword and an excuse :twisted: