12-10-2009, 07:20 PM
Flaminio wrote:
...I'm afraid not, his methods are flawed and much of what he says is simply wrong - to give but two examples, his drawings of shield designs are highly inaccurate - which means he didn't examine the column too closely, or else very carelessly; and his identifications of units taking part in the wars is just plain wrong in many places.....and there are dozens of other errors, which even an undergraduate wouldn't make.....
x
Everything Rossi says must therefore be cross-checked and cannot be relied on - therefore not for beginners on the subject, and of limited use.
Quote:First time I hear that, even if it's old. Anyway it's a classic, and Rossi is one of the greatest expert on this subject.
...I'm afraid not, his methods are flawed and much of what he says is simply wrong - to give but two examples, his drawings of shield designs are highly inaccurate - which means he didn't examine the column too closely, or else very carelessly; and his identifications of units taking part in the wars is just plain wrong in many places.....and there are dozens of other errors, which even an undergraduate wouldn't make.....
x Everything Rossi says must therefore be cross-checked and cannot be relied on - therefore not for beginners on the subject, and of limited use.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
