08-21-2018, 09:23 AM
(08-21-2018, 07:38 AM)MonsGraupius Wrote: There is absolutely no point having heavy infantry 6 foot apart
That is not what he is saying. He is saying that 'each man would have taken up 6 feet', that is, the width of the man and half the distance between him and the next man on either side. Even that is generous. Vegetius says 3 feet (Veg. III.14).
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
