Curious.. what unit doesnt have a ranged weapon

[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...