07-24-2011, 09:52 PM
I saw Eagle last night. It was pretty good!
They show a formation where the soldiers line up virtually shield to shield, then place their gladius on on top of the shield. Do we have any evidence that the Romans actually did this?
I can see how it would be a natural movement to attack your opponents face, and that might produce a foolhardy reaction. (It could, I am thinking, be built in to us - like the fight or flight syndrome - to regard atacks on the face as especially dangerous.)
Or maybe this is just another Holywood formation. It does look cool though.
They show a formation where the soldiers line up virtually shield to shield, then place their gladius on on top of the shield. Do we have any evidence that the Romans actually did this?
I can see how it would be a natural movement to attack your opponents face, and that might produce a foolhardy reaction. (It could, I am thinking, be built in to us - like the fight or flight syndrome - to regard atacks on the face as especially dangerous.)
Or maybe this is just another Holywood formation. It does look cool though.
Tom Mallory
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
