03-26-2005, 07:14 PM
A couple of other facts:<br>
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I keep hearing the number 10,000 when talking about the archers. If each archer fired 10 arrows(a low figure) in the battle, that's 100,000 arrows fired, accounting for around 20,000 Roman casualties.<br>
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I have heard references that the legions used in this campaigns were green troops. The Romans seem to have had an obsession with the status of veterans. They regarded one veteran to be worth several green troops.<br>
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What can we assume about the quality and condition of Roman shields and armor at this time? Livy says the Spanish had a spear similar to the pilium that could penetrate Roman armor and shields all at once during the Punic era. Can we assume these Romans were the well armored soldiers of the 1st century AD with segmentatas or good mail with hide covered wood composite shields? <p></p><i></i>
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I keep hearing the number 10,000 when talking about the archers. If each archer fired 10 arrows(a low figure) in the battle, that's 100,000 arrows fired, accounting for around 20,000 Roman casualties.<br>
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I have heard references that the legions used in this campaigns were green troops. The Romans seem to have had an obsession with the status of veterans. They regarded one veteran to be worth several green troops.<br>
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What can we assume about the quality and condition of Roman shields and armor at this time? Livy says the Spanish had a spear similar to the pilium that could penetrate Roman armor and shields all at once during the Punic era. Can we assume these Romans were the well armored soldiers of the 1st century AD with segmentatas or good mail with hide covered wood composite shields? <p></p><i></i>
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