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  1. 08-21-2005, 03:13 #1
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    Default Re: Phalanxes too weak?

    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
    I suspect it is a game effect thing. Do you want the battle to last 3-4 hours?

    At Cannae, the Romans fought on long after they had been enveloped and the results decided. Yeah they lost, but didn't just run skeered in 10 seconds from one charge.
    One of the problems of being enveloped is there's nowhere to run.
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    Default Re: Phalanxes too weak?

    Quote Originally Posted by Afro Thunder
    One of the problems of being enveloped is there's nowhere to run.
    Yes, it does put a damper on the "run away" tactic. Not quite as bad as routing on a bridge by running to the enemy spears but...


    The Corps shattered at Chancellorsville had had problems before, and did again at Gettysburg. Weak morale does matter. What the original poster was objecting to was the tendency for a professional phalanx to crumble as that corps did even though it didn't have those problems. Town watch crumbling is one thing...

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