If you were on the front line in a melee battle, killing the person in front of you would not make you safer, as a more rested and vigorous enemy would just take his place. No matter how many people you killed, until the entire enemy army routed, you were constantly in danger.
That would break even the strongest men. Prolonged fighting, like boxing, or trying to defeat someone in armor is probably very, very taxing. Unless you got a lucky hit in, fighting was probably a HUGE strain both physically and emotionally.
If you look at Carrhae in terms of men wanting to "back away" from the enemy a few feet, you see that people need room to maneuver to be comfortable fighting. When they all backed into one another and became a massive blob, they were slaughtered. They probably went down swinging, but not having "breathing room" probably resulted in their massacre.
That would break even the strongest men. Prolonged fighting, like boxing, or trying to defeat someone in armor is probably very, very taxing. Unless you got a lucky hit in, fighting was probably a HUGE strain both physically and emotionally.
If you look at Carrhae in terms of men wanting to "back away" from the enemy a few feet, you see that people need room to maneuver to be comfortable fighting. When they all backed into one another and became a massive blob, they were slaughtered. They probably went down swinging, but not having "breathing room" probably resulted in their massacre.
Christopher Vidrine, 30
