09-07-2006, 07:01 AM
Quote:Best 300 versus best 300... the Spartans would win head-to-head in a pitched battle with no flanking... alternatively the Romans would win with flanking. Since flanking apparently isn't allowed by either side, and no support troops are up, I'd have to say that the Spartans would cross the line... and this is without bias, friends, for I honestly think the Romans could defeat just about anything else.
I think that's the rub - no flanking. That's a bit like asking who would win - a lion vs. a bear - and then say the bear can't use his claws.
So OK, the Spartans would win under those conditions, maybe. But what is the use of asking a question like this? I mean, the historical possibility was already zero, but limit the possibilities of an equal battle like this, too?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
