Fighting and defending against the Gauls in Roman armor.

[stevesarak]

1) Taking into account the Roman’s heavy armor and weapons compared to the Gauls, is it conceivable that Pullo would have charged outside the battlements and attacked alone. Could he have hoped to fight them single handedly for a short time then return back inside?

Read Lendon's Soldiers and Ghosts, I think that will explain all. The Roman soldier could be a bit of a nutcase if you accept his (and other's) theories. The fact that they were immortalised by Caesar, and are still being read about, and even make the main characters for an epic TV series over 2000 years later, goes much of the way to explain their actions IMHO.

The other day I posted question in "References and Reviews" looking for books just like this. Thanks, it looks like I have another book to pick up.