09-09-2010, 11:47 AM
Quote:Overall, I think most small actions were a lot simpler than your scenario, even if they went back and forth and were quite vicious and drawn-out.
Yes, in fact, weren't most battles over right after first contact. I believe it was Alexander the great whose quoted as saying that the eyes are defeated first. I take that to mean that the appearance of victory often leads to the fact of victory.
Quote:But give up on the leather armor. Please.
But there was leather armor, wasn't there? I don't mean Hollywood's leather lorcia segmenta, but a basic leather-reinforced wool tunic or leather vest which gave the basic levy some protection from minor cuts and bumps, even if little against arrows and directed spear or sword blows. Not legionnaire's armor but used by auxiliaries or native peoples. Of course, no samples remain because they would have rotted.
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
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