
Originally Posted by
WinsingtonIII
Komatai and Tarabostes do not carry a rhomphaia like the Thracian Peltasts do. They carry a sica, which may look quite similar, but it is a smaller blade than the rhomphaia, and thus, you get less force behind it when you swing it and it is less able to pierce armor. I know that historically the sica did force the Romans to make some armor modifications, but the EB team has come to the conclusion that it was not enough of an armor piercing weapon to receive the AP trait, whereas they have determined that rhomphaia's were. So, I believe it is for historical reasons that sica-armed troops do not have the AP attribute.
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