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**LusitanianWolf** · 05-03-2011, 16:50

Can't wait to see how the new/reworked Lusos, Sweboz and Lugione units look! And to put them into action ^^
And curious about the "secret faction" Tux is talking about... Whatever it is, surelly will be interesting :)
I would like to see more of the so called european "barbarian" factions but it would be fair if the next big preview is something in the east since we dont have any there yet.

**Constantius III** · 05-03-2011, 17:30

Originally Posted by Arjos

That roman axe argument is somewhat fantasious...
The army in those years was made up of germanic people, and the standard equipment was paid and made by the Romans...
Weapon and ceramic burials in the whole of central Europe trace back to the dawn of mankind almost, with the battle axe being a status symbol for thousands of years...
That the Frankish genesis is related to the roman army is most likely, but calling a late roman weapon "purely roman" is an exageration...

Yeah, the army wasn't comprised even mostly of "Germanic peoples" in any meaningful sense until maybe the last ten years of the WRE's existence. And when the only indication that a given weapon was produced by anybody other than Romans is a story in Isidore that we know to be made up, then it's probably safe to call it a 'Roman weapon'. Keep in mind also Halsall's rhetorical employment of hyperbole to get the point across to people like Bernard Bachrach.

Originally Posted by Lusitan_Centurion

And curious about the "secret faction" Tux is talking about... Whatever it is, surelly will be interesting :)
I would like to see more of the so called european "barbarian" factions but it would be fair if the next big preview is something in the east since we dont have any there yet.

Yeah, but "geographic balance" ain't the only consideration. I imagine the EB team will preview a faction when they have enough material to make such a preview meaningful, with geography a secondary or tertiary consideration.

**Arjos** · 05-03-2011, 18:04

The only ones I'd go as far as calling them roman weapons are the scutum, pilum and corvus; but still quite a stretch...

**LusitanianWolf** · 05-03-2011, 18:10

Originally Posted by Arjos

The only ones I'd go as far as calling them roman weapons are the scutum, pilum and corvus; but still quite a stretch...

Wasnt scutum copied from celts/iberians? XD

Originally Posted by Bobbin

We don't have enough work done on the eastern factions to give you a proper preview yet I'm afraid.

Well, everything in its due time, thanks for the clarification anyway :)

**Arjos** · 05-03-2011, 18:16

Well you know, let's give them some credit for the tilted edges and rectangular shape...

**LusitanianWolf** · 05-03-2011, 18:19

Originally Posted by Arjos

Well you know, let's give them some credit for the tilted edges and rectangular shape...

Ah, ok, youre right

**TheLastDays** · 05-03-2011, 18:30

Well, the romans adapted wapons more than they invented them, I guess... but after all, they weren't trying to be known as inventors, they were trying to build an army to conquer and defend... a lot... and in that they were pretty effective the way they were doing thins...