Quote Originally Posted by Malrubius
I don't know about you guys, but if I were going into battle, I'd prefer to have something cheap I could throw at my enemy before I got within striking range of his sword!
Well when hurling weapons at the enemy, I would prefer an expensive well made weapon would be my choice...

I think this idea (first using range weapons, then closing for melee) has been around since the dawn of civilization (even some monkeys do it...), but the Romans really got it down to a science.