06-08-2006, 08:59 PM
Mithras;
If you believe our winters are cold, you should try our women!
Actually, the part of Sweden i live in is propably no closer to the north pole than south Scotland or even Yorkshire. (Damn, if i just could find my map book).
Back to the subject;
I wept because i was totaly untrained and in an idiotic attac of machismo chose to march in the regiments second toughest group. Onlly a group of professional officers was faster than our group. If i had marched slower 30 kilometers would have been a cake-walk.
My point is that 30 plus kilometers a day would have been nothing to a trained roman infantry man. Even if they had to erect a fort afterwards. A forced march could propably extend for as long as forty or fifty kilometers a day - for a short period of time. Our paracommandos would have trouble fighting their way out of wet paper bags after their seventy kilometers. Forget about any forts or fighting bluepainted football hooligans. And they are our elite!
If you believe our winters are cold, you should try our women!
Actually, the part of Sweden i live in is propably no closer to the north pole than south Scotland or even Yorkshire. (Damn, if i just could find my map book).
Back to the subject;
I wept because i was totaly untrained and in an idiotic attac of machismo chose to march in the regiments second toughest group. Onlly a group of professional officers was faster than our group. If i had marched slower 30 kilometers would have been a cake-walk.
My point is that 30 plus kilometers a day would have been nothing to a trained roman infantry man. Even if they had to erect a fort afterwards. A forced march could propably extend for as long as forty or fifty kilometers a day - for a short period of time. Our paracommandos would have trouble fighting their way out of wet paper bags after their seventy kilometers. Forget about any forts or fighting bluepainted football hooligans. And they are our elite!
Titus Valerius Gallo a. k. a.
Arngrim Blodulv a. k. a.
Thomas Rehbinder
Arngrim Blodulv a. k. a.
Thomas Rehbinder
