I'm 100% sure they modified their opinion after having their infantry charges devastated and skewered by pila and plumba. I remember reading the ancient accounts of historians and generals describing what the pila did to the enemy, and it was pretty bad. The nations that had experience fighting with Romans always tried to stay out of the pilum range and when it came time to attack, the approached the Roman lines slowly and when in pilum range, they attempted to reach the Roman lines as fast as they could.
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