06-25-2006, 06:11 PM
Quote:you mean, don't use the curtain pole as a kontos.....while parking your cataphract laden horse in the hallway blocking their means of retreat - damnit :roll:MAXIMVS:v87aa8x6 Wrote:Most domestic staircases are designed perfectly to accomodate a one man testudo storming the upper floor. Once you have the high ground use a cleverly prepositioned supply of pila to hold off attackers.
I agree... The Testudo would be best used for upward movement. The scutum and segmentata are very strong in resisting downward aimed blows. If the defender do think to dump all of a visiting auntie's shampoo and conditioner down the stairs, this would make the ascent slippery and more difficult.
I would also like to mention that "Household Cavalry" is a modern usage, and should not be construed as for use inside a house. The confined space is an obvious disadvantage as anyone who has seen Conan The Barbarian knows from the last battle scene. And someone would have to clean up all the horse droppings...
Gaius Decius Aquilius
(Ralph Izard)
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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