Late roman archery (aiming)!

[ratty]

Hi folks,

real instinctive shooting cannot be learned like riding a bike. Archery is a religion and the perfect shot that hits the mark is like enlightenment.

Having said that, why should the average Late Roman rank and file foot archer wear a helmet? At first they do the screening, and if a gang of bullies with swords manages to come through the hail of arrows, the archers retreat behind a formation of heavy infantry and start shooting again over the heads of their comrades. So there is hardly need for an archer to use body armour, perhaps with the exception of heavy cavalry acting as archers.

Just my two pence.




Cheers,

Helge Dunbar

instinctive shooting is suprisingly easy, but being good at it takes years of practice.

for eg. if i gave you a stone and said throw it at that dusbin 20yds away i bet you could hit it, thats instinctive, you wouldnt have to aim to do it.

its the same with instinctive archery.