i'd read some history about the roman love of the sword (source linked in my first post), and the lot of you have convinced me this was true, but it's always been bugging me why the romans dropped the long spear...especially since the german heavy cavalry finally proved to be the roman's waterloo.

I've grown up on TotalWar's love of the spear unit, plus stories old the roman legions...I wonder if anyone here has a theory as to why the romans either (1) ignored their weakness (2) weren't aware their legions were vulnerable to heavy cavalry
  • based on the rather dubious "fact" that frontal assaults by cavalry at phalanx formations is suicide...ingame