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re: Medieval battles
Posted on 8/13/16 at 4:06 pm to biglego
Posted on 8/13/16 at 4:06 pm to biglego
Not necessarily true. The Romans used much smaller swords compared to those used by the Gauls and Germans. They used those big swords en masse. One reason the Romans would beat them. They would wear out from swinging them so much while the Romans would stab, block with shield, stab, block, stab, block, rinse, repeat
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Posted on 8/13/16 at 4:35 pm to prplhze2000
The Romans used swords as a last resort. They usually started off with a volley of javelins and then used spears when they were up close. Assuming they kept a tight formation with their shields this was pretty effective.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 11:09 pm to prplhze2000
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Not necessarily true. The Romans used much smaller swords compared to those used by the Gauls and Germans. They used those big swords en masse. One reason the Romans would beat them. They would wear out from swinging them so much while the Romans would stab, block with shield, stab, block, stab, block, rinse, repeat
The ancient barbarians might've had big unwieldy swords, maybe you're right. The Romans had better army, tactics, and yeah those short stabbing swords. Big swords did exist, they just weren't as prevalent as in the movies Bc men didn't want to die. I was mostly thinking of medieval warriors.
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