04-20-2004, 05:45 AM
Quote:</em></strong><hr>We don't even know that they did keep step (cue flame-war), since cadenced marching (as in 'sin-sin-sin-dex-sin') seems to have been a comparatively recent invention. <hr><br>
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Ah, you mean 'dex-dex-dex-sin-dex' of course!<br>
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But seriously, any suggestions? Flutes or other instruments? I mean, marching without keeping step simply won't get you the distances you need when you want to make speed on the road. And yes, I do realise that most of our image of the Roman army is based on our image of modern armies, including the neat ranks and marching columns. But i seem to recall from certain depictions of Roman formations in contemporary art that they indeed knew and used tight formations. And such formations, while on the march, surely would develop a natural need to keep in step, right?<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
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Ah, you mean 'dex-dex-dex-sin-dex' of course!<br>
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But seriously, any suggestions? Flutes or other instruments? I mean, marching without keeping step simply won't get you the distances you need when you want to make speed on the road. And yes, I do realise that most of our image of the Roman army is based on our image of modern armies, including the neat ranks and marching columns. But i seem to recall from certain depictions of Roman formations in contemporary art that they indeed knew and used tight formations. And such formations, while on the march, surely would develop a natural need to keep in step, right?<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
