Thanks Lvcretivs for the interesting link.Originally Posted by Lvcretivs
So it seems a demonstration that Etruscans and Romans fought in a similar way in IIIrd century... I can still research something else.
Re: Out of pure curiosity...
Thanks Lvcretivs for the interesting link.Ross Cowan's blog has an interesting essay concerning Etruscan warfare of the late 4th Century BC (http://rosscowan.wordpress.com/etruscans-ii/), in which he argues for pila-armed Etruscans fighting in 'manipular' fashion at the battle of Lake Vadimon 310/309 BC - but, as he quite frankly admits, 'other scholars believe [the battle] is fictitious, a couplet of the battle of 283 BC (Romans defeat an alliance of Boii and Etruscans)' and Livy - and/or his sources - may have made up the 'manipular' formation of the Etruscans,...
So it seems a demonstration that Etruscans and Romans fought in a similar way in IIIrd century... I can still research something else.
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