08-02-2006, 03:49 PM
Uh oh 
EEEEEEEH KA !
And exactly what is there in that list that wasn't displayed by the Romans?
utter disrespect for their own life. in ANY situation!
what guarantee was there that the Japanese swords were of this 'supposed' quality. Many more samurai in the field, means many more swords to be made, means a plummet in quality
Well............ I would look into the remaining Japanese pre-Shin-gunto swords dating from about 700 AD to 1760 AD and read up on them... also battlefield relics which have been found at Sekigahara and numerous other battlefields have proven to be carefully made. Do not forget that the Yari, and naginata wielding footmen which made up the bulk of any samurai army were NOT! Samurai!
By the way... you talk about the new research in Roman armor plate but forget the terrible havoc the Falcata originally caused, leading the Roman military to put crossbars on their helmets and wear Manicae and ocrae during battles with the Dacians.....
Which could leave the centurions in charge, thus increasing the likelihood of success.
Centvrii would be picked off in the same manner as higher ranking officers, also to some extent by battlefield Ninjas.
What? "I want to be rich, so let's fight as many as we can and take them for all they're worth!" Sounds like a somewhat age-old and consistent doctrine to me.
That is not at all a Roman doctrine, its a universal doctrine older than rome. you might say divide and conquer is..... which has nothing to do with bushido for that matter.
S.P.Q.R. :wink:
i'll give you that one....
M.VIB.M.
EEEEEEEH KA !
And exactly what is there in that list that wasn't displayed by the Romans?
utter disrespect for their own life. in ANY situation!
what guarantee was there that the Japanese swords were of this 'supposed' quality. Many more samurai in the field, means many more swords to be made, means a plummet in quality
Well............ I would look into the remaining Japanese pre-Shin-gunto swords dating from about 700 AD to 1760 AD and read up on them... also battlefield relics which have been found at Sekigahara and numerous other battlefields have proven to be carefully made. Do not forget that the Yari, and naginata wielding footmen which made up the bulk of any samurai army were NOT! Samurai!
By the way... you talk about the new research in Roman armor plate but forget the terrible havoc the Falcata originally caused, leading the Roman military to put crossbars on their helmets and wear Manicae and ocrae during battles with the Dacians.....
Which could leave the centurions in charge, thus increasing the likelihood of success.
Centvrii would be picked off in the same manner as higher ranking officers, also to some extent by battlefield Ninjas.
What? "I want to be rich, so let's fight as many as we can and take them for all they're worth!" Sounds like a somewhat age-old and consistent doctrine to me.
That is not at all a Roman doctrine, its a universal doctrine older than rome. you might say divide and conquer is..... which has nothing to do with bushido for that matter.
S.P.Q.R. :wink:
i'll give you that one....
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
