10-25-2010, 07:36 AM
Quote:...which shows you did not bother to read the thread, ...I did try, but (as I said) it is extraordinarily lengthy.
Quote:... the assertion is made more than once in its course, that the 'falx' was such a deadly 'super-weapon', ... This view has gained acceptance particularly among wargamers and re-enactors, and others interested in Trajan's Dacian Wars, and was first put forward by Phil Barker (in the UK) around 1970.Must be why I've never come across it, if it's a wargamers' hobby-horse. Thanks for putting that straight.