03-16-2008, 10:53 AM
When describing Roman tactics to the public I usually ask them to "Forget Gladiator and think riot cops instead". It's such a good modern analog to the Roman soldier's experience, right down to the comparable length of the baton and gladius. It makes me wonder how much more efficient a testudo would have been with see-through scutae.
P. Clodius Secundus (Randi Richert), Legio III Cyrenaica
"Caesar\'s Conquerors"
"Caesar\'s Conquerors"