01-30-2014, 05:14 PM
Carlo, try this: historiae 2.42
"et per locos arboribus ac vineis impeditos non una pugnae facies: comminus eminus, catervis et cuneis concurrebant."
http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Historiae_(Tacitus)
The description given by Simon Mcdowall is exactly what i think about cuneus and acies quadrata: in the example we have a cohort deployed 16 men deep, wich could be an acies quadrata obtained by a formation 4 deep...
"et per locos arboribus ac vineis impeditos non una pugnae facies: comminus eminus, catervis et cuneis concurrebant."
http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Historiae_(Tacitus)
The description given by Simon Mcdowall is exactly what i think about cuneus and acies quadrata: in the example we have a cohort deployed 16 men deep, wich could be an acies quadrata obtained by a formation 4 deep...
Francesco Guidi