02-23-2005, 11:36 AM
the Latin word for a battlecry is 'barritus' and the Romans understood its function well enough (at least by late antiquity). I doubt, though, that there was a regulation battlecry throughout the army. Units, armies under certain commanders, or in specific theatres most likely developed their own varieties. I dimly recall Italic allied troops under Marius using a reply to the battlecry of the Ambrones and I read somewhere (no substantiation I could remember) that "Io!" was used. <p></p><i></i>
Der Kessel ist voll Bärks!
Volker Bach
Volker Bach