09-05-2003, 08:51 PM
To all those who have posted before:<br>
It seems a minor point after slogging through all the heated debate, but to the assertion that Germanicus never captured Hermann der Cherusker (Arminius); wasn't the architect of victory at the Teutobergerwald beaten by Germanicus, and wounded in battle, in 16, offered up by his own to Tiberius in 19 (offer rejected) and then assassinated by his own tribal rivals? let me check my sources and get back to you. And my two sesterces: professional warriors always win (unless stabbed in the back by non-opponents). Unlike rule governed boxing, soldiers train for sneaky moves. The whole premise of this discussion seems to miss a key point. One-on-one combat was the very basis of gladiatorial combat. Unequal, yet differently armed opponents were the name of the game. The answers lie in the arena, not on the battlefield, but Livy's tale of Toquatus says it all.<br>
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Wade Heaton<br>
Lucius Cornelius Libo<br>
[email protected] <br>
www.togaman.com <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=togaman>Togaman</A> at: 9/6/03 7:34 pm<br></i>
It seems a minor point after slogging through all the heated debate, but to the assertion that Germanicus never captured Hermann der Cherusker (Arminius); wasn't the architect of victory at the Teutobergerwald beaten by Germanicus, and wounded in battle, in 16, offered up by his own to Tiberius in 19 (offer rejected) and then assassinated by his own tribal rivals? let me check my sources and get back to you. And my two sesterces: professional warriors always win (unless stabbed in the back by non-opponents). Unlike rule governed boxing, soldiers train for sneaky moves. The whole premise of this discussion seems to miss a key point. One-on-one combat was the very basis of gladiatorial combat. Unequal, yet differently armed opponents were the name of the game. The answers lie in the arena, not on the battlefield, but Livy's tale of Toquatus says it all.<br>
<br>
Wade Heaton<br>
Lucius Cornelius Libo<br>
[email protected] <br>
www.togaman.com <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=togaman>Togaman</A> at: 9/6/03 7:34 pm<br></i>
