I'm just curious why the Byzantine infantry in MTW are armed with swords rather than spears (and swords). I have an old book by the UK-based Wargames Research Group called Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome, where the Byzantine infantry were portrayed as armed with long spears and very large shields. Presumably a natural evolution from the legionnaire in the face of the cavalry and archer heavy Eastern armies they faced. Admittedly this was about 400-500 years before MTW, but I just can't see them deciding to throw away the spears as heavy cavalry became even more powerful.
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