02-23-2005, 04:02 PM
Well, I guess this sounds more like late Republican civil wars were shields and such don't seem to be so ornamented.<br>
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As for the battlecry, Caesar's troops at Pharsalos used "Venus Victrix".<br>
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During the republican period the Romans are said to have been rather loud while the Imperial army preferred silence.<br>
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Does anyone know if they sang something while attacking like the Greeks did (Xenophon's "10.000" are singing the Paian all the time for example) <p></p><i></i>
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As for the battlecry, Caesar's troops at Pharsalos used "Venus Victrix".<br>
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During the republican period the Romans are said to have been rather loud while the Imperial army preferred silence.<br>
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Does anyone know if they sang something while attacking like the Greeks did (Xenophon's "10.000" are singing the Paian all the time for example) <p></p><i></i>
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[Micha F.]
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM
[Micha F.]