Legionnaires in one-on-one combat

[Anonymous]

Here's another idea to play devil's advocate with my own arguement:<br>
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As far as training goes, would a Legionary soldier have an advantage by having battlefield experience and surviving? This is in opposition to say a barbarian of whatever flavor whose life expectancy may be shorter.<br>
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I may not be verballizing this right, please bear with me on this:<br>
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Ok, say a barbarian goes on the field, how much "practice" has he had? What are his odds of survival? I'd guess pretty low if he's up against Romans regularly.<br>
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On the flipside, the Roman Legionary I would venture to guess would have a better chance of survival. Having some experience would be an enormous advantage. Until that point any soldier is an unknown quantity, but I imagine a legionary would have a greater chance to be out there, in action (at least in some way) and be of a greater experience than a barbarian.<br>
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I'm just looking at the value placed on veteran and "blooded" legions over "unblooded" or green Legions by people like Caesar, Agrippa, Augustus, Antony, Pompeii etc.<br>
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Just more food for thought...<br>
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Oh, BTW, congrats Los on the ETS.<br>
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A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough<br>
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