Gaesatae (again)

**Tellos Athenaios** · 11-30-2007, 15:49

Well the idea was to intimidate the enemy, and some guys called Gaesatae used a kind of drugs to not feel anything but aggression towards enemies as well...

It should be noted that the guys in your picture are making up for lack of ordinary soldiering means by going naked: they hope it'll unnerve the enemy. (It is a sign of confidence and in contradiction with all common sense after all.)

The Gaesatae don't quite lack any ordinary soldiering skills or what but they still go naked for the unnerving.

In other words: they just want to show off.

**Pharnakes** · 11-30-2007, 15:53

Hey, are the old mult-coloured samnite spearmen back, or was it just that the unit cards were never updated?

**anubis88** · 11-30-2007, 15:57

They're back

**Sakkura** · 11-30-2007, 16:18

Originally Posted by Pharnakes

Hey, are the old mult-coloured samnite spearmen back, or was it just that the unit cards were never updated?

They look like Persian rugs now. Dunno if that's changed, can't remember how they looked in 0.81.

**sanitarium** · 11-30-2007, 16:44

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

In other words: they just want to show off.

What if it was cold during the battle, wouldn't shrinkage have the reverse affect?

**CirdanDharix** · 11-30-2007, 16:47

It's when the enemy realises that it's shurnk because of the cold, that they really feel inadequate

**TWFanatic** · 11-30-2007, 17:11

Hehe reminds me of the Seinfeld episode.

Yes I've always wondered if it would be necissary for the naked Celts to...amputate...certain bodily extremeties if it got too cold.

**Mithradates VI** · 11-30-2007, 17:24

Originally Posted by TWFanatic

Hehe reminds me of the Seinfeld episode.

Yes I've always wondered if it would be necissary for the naked Celts to...amputate...certain bodily extremeties if it got too cold.

This is why battles were fought in late spring, summer, and early fall

**NeoSpartan** · 11-30-2007, 18:12

Besides the show off, going to combat naked its a show of "courage".

While most soldiers would opt to wear as much armor as posible the Gaesatae and Uirodusios (the guys in ur pic) don't care for it. Thus showing that those guys are indeed some creasy mofos u don't want to mess with.