09-08-2016, 08:18 PM
(09-08-2016, 07:12 PM)JaM Wrote: Anyway i can see a tightly packed group of men being capable stopping any attempts on breaking the line..
btw, unrelated but at 1:00 in that video, the loose order, i would imagine that could be how Romans could fight.. they were mentioned to use double the spacing of Hellenic phalanx.. and such open formation would easily allow any rank replacements...
I am close to 300lbs and I threw myself into a two deep shield wall and just bounced off. I believe the 6 foot spacing comes from Polybios, but I have a hard time accepting a shield wall where the shields are not close together.
