Quote Originally Posted by Mikhail Mengsk View Post
Roman's scutum covered almost all the body, and it was curved. Phalangites' shields as you say it had to be strapped, and it was smaller and less curved. So it was worse.

Roman formation was ALWAYS intact, and can NEVER be disordered

Seriously, a bigger shield is very useful on formation, but also useful in 1vs1. Romans' training was MUCH harder than phalangites' one, when phalanx (not elite ones, maybe) loose their formation, they were usually doomed, because they were trained to fight in a certain style.
That's true but all I was saying is that small shields aren't bad and gave an example followed by repeating my claim. For osme reason people think that "ZOMG SMALL SHIELD IS SO SMALL AND USELESS!" I mean, just look at the sword and bucklet men of the middle ages or alot of the other loose order units that don't fight in formation.