07-28-2010, 06:24 PM
A few years ago I happened to catch a documentary featuring the Celtic queen Boudicca, primarily based on her defeat at the hands of Suetonius? Anyway, my question pertains to the formation of the legion which according to the documentary resembled more of a 'saw tooth edge' consisting of many wedges, a search at wikipedia quickly produced an image of the Roman wedge formation but as a single wedge and not as depicted in the doc. It is an interesting formation and I could imagine the devastating effect it would have produced, especially for those caught between two wedges ie: the 'killing zone', I have not seen this portrayed before or since the documentary. Would anyone care to elaborate on this seemingly unique formation?
Thanks
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
