Curious.. what unit doesnt have a ranged weapon

[fallen851]

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.

[EdwardL]

yes.. they got it down to a science. What the romans did was make the Pila armor piercing, by adding a lead weight behind the joint block on the heavy pilum to increase range and impact force.

[QwertyMIDX]

The Iberians were better at it than the romans, have you folks seen the soliferum?

[jerby]

Romans are gettign credit for other mans inventions....theri onyl brilliance is their arrogance, lack of rules in war and mixing all the right idea's together...

[jerby]

doubles-post-whoopsie

[Shigawire]

The lorica segmentata could be credited to them, though only because it looks original enough that the similarities with the clibanarius/kataphraktoi become more subtle.

There's no doubt as to the true source of inspiration.

Oh, the corvus was a Roman invention if I'm not entirely mistaken.

[jerby]

The lorica segmentata could be credited to them, though only because it looks original enough that the similarities with the clibanarius/kataphraktoi become more subtle.

There's no doubt as to the true source of inspiration.

Oh, the corvus was a Roman invention if I'm not entirely mistaken.

they invented a lot, no doubt. but not eveyrthign seen int he roman army is "a roman invention of sheer brilliance"

but made I'm just bitchign, because I'm still bummed Greeks didn't rule teh world...