Originally Posted by Sarcasm:
No, I don't think he does.
The Gaesatae, from what I've been explained, were as much as a religious order as a tribe. Let me try and find a somewhat analogous situation...
I like the analogy but I don't think it applies here. From the multiple authors I have read they say pretty much the same thing, the ones from Telamon are the same type from Clastidum and Medionalum. None including Polybius or Plutarch say anything about what your describing.
Originally Posted by Sarcasm:
It's also worthy of note that the Teutonics were something that terrified children at night, in Lithuania and they still got beat. Numerous times. On catastrophic proportions. Did that make them any less formidable?
Another good point. The difference I believe is that the Teutonic Knights had many victories while the Gaesatae may(they were there but don't know if they participated) have had one victory(which they outnumbered the Romans) with 3 defeats. If you look at the situations the Gaesatae performed poorly where the Teutonic Knights varied.
Originally Posted by blitzkrieg80:
If you wouldn't mind could you put down where you received your information, I would like to find as much as I can about this.
I, for the record, love the unit because it is berserkr similarly as i love all hardcore heroism, manliness at its finest. I just cannot seem to find any information that would lead to conclusive evidence saying this or that, but many have some great points! Please enlighten us, if anyone has evidence unmentioned.
It would be nice if a 12 man unit would be useful, then you could have "real" berserker's. Wonder if your trait that you gave some of the Sweboz leaders could come with the 12 berserker bodyguard.:beam:
I second what you say, any information benefits all.
