Posted on 04/17/2024 9:19:38 PM PDT by Morgana
Romans fought in formation behind shield walls. The short stabbing sword was the perfect weapon.
Here is a nice Gladius Machete sold at farm supply stores. Less than $50!
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That, and since the Japanese were absolutely unafraid to die, they would have been unlikely to have been intimidated by the Roman's tactics.
Japan for the score.
Romans had scorpios and trebuchets- artillary.
The gladius wasn't developed as a dueling weapon. It was used as part of a system, which included disciplined units fighting behind 3ft shields. And it worked for centuries against Gallic and Germanic tribes swinging much longer swords.
The Japanese were absolutely unafraid afraid to die in WW 2, so we accommodated them. Romans fought and destroyed lots of people who were unafraid to die.
Come on...this is from 2020. With all the crap going on right now to talk about, you need to post this?? SMH.
Napoleon said use the point! The point! A stabbing wound with a straight sword proved a more deadly wound than a slicing wound made with a curved sword.
Your history is just a little off: the Romans had ballistas, not trebuchets - they had a few centuries to go before that beast showed up.
Siege engines were useful but not mobile enough to support infantry attacks - the primary mode of rapid attack was via cavalry, which both the Japanese forces and the Romans employed.
The problem we both have is anachronism: the Samurai and its warfighting tactics came into being about 600 years after Rome disappeared from world power.
We are doing the “what if the Confederates had AK-47s” silly stuff - so we’re both wrong!
And not to be overly picky, but “artillery” is spelled with an “e” in the middle; I was a career artillerist, and we contend that “Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl”.
True, but they were fighting on islands, so maneuver was not an option. More or less like a cage fight, with them stuck in the cage and the United States Marine Corps running around their cage.
The Romans didn't have much luck with the Parthians, did they?
Auto correct. And the Romans never had a very developed cavalry. Nothing like the Greeks. They relied extensively on foreign mercenaries for their cavalry.
Auto-correct? Is there such a word as “artillary”?
I bought one of those last year at our local Big R store. Nice lil gladius replica.
Yes, Napoleon did know a thing or two about war.
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