09-06-2005, 11:40 AM
In an ancient a battle the big guy certainly had an edge.
But how much was this edge really against formed troops with spears or pikes and good moral?
The african warbands that Herodotus mentions in Xerxes army failed to make an impression on the Spartans at Thermopulae.
As for the heights and structure. Who says that the Romans were midgets?
Most burial excavations arround the Mediteranean lead the experts to belive that though the percentage of very tall people was not a majority they populations of the Mediteranean Basin were not actually midgets!
Kind regards
Stefanos
But how much was this edge really against formed troops with spears or pikes and good moral?
The african warbands that Herodotus mentions in Xerxes army failed to make an impression on the Spartans at Thermopulae.
As for the heights and structure. Who says that the Romans were midgets?
Most burial excavations arround the Mediteranean lead the experts to belive that though the percentage of very tall people was not a majority they populations of the Mediteranean Basin were not actually midgets!
Kind regards
Stefanos
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
