Gaesatae (again)

[Kολοσσός]

I forgot what these savages (the image below shows them being herded by my legionaries) are called; I just call them penis warriors due to the dangling genitalia.

I have a question, would any real life warrior in antiquity go into battle with his genitalia in full view of the foe? Wouldn't the foe strike the genitalia in preference to other body parts to incapacitate the naked warrior?

[monkian]

Yes, Celts and other nations really did go into battle 'sky clad'

And the groin was one of the main targets along with the neck anyway, why would it not being covered make it more of one ? Trousers dont deflect swords.

[Tellos Athenaios]

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]

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

[anubis88]

They're back

[Sakkura]

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]

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]

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

[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.

[Mithradates VI]

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]

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.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah that's pretty much what I meant with 'to show off'.

[Long lost Caesar]

how come there arent any naked fanatics from africa? they have a lot to show off ...if you believe that

[Senatus Populusque Romanus]

Being "Naked" was a hige advantage for various barbaric groups.

Just imagine, you are a Roman soldier and watching hundreds of naked dudes charging at you with spears and axes.

Yeah, it is pretty intimediating.

[Pharnakes]

TBH, I'm not sure I would be less intimidated if they were wearing clothes...

Afterall, its the axes that count.

[NeoSpartan]

Being "Naked" was a hige advantage for various barbaric groups.

Just imagine, you are a Roman soldier and watching hundreds of naked dudes charging at you with spears and axes.

Yeah, it is pretty intimediating.

yep spear and swords... maybe a few with axes. Oh and yes they did actually scare people, Greeks, Romans, name it they got scared too

oh and Celts were NOT the only ones to had naked, drugged up, fanatic, and veteran creasy mofo's in history. Bezerkers (sp) anyone????

[Tellos Athenaios]

how come there arent any naked fanatics from africa? they have a lot to show off ...if you believe that

A good reason would be, as anyone who's got experience with the harsh sun of the East & South, the fact that going naked into battle is a bad idea if you would want to keep your body from over-heating. In fact it isn't altogether unlikely that the West, coastal regions of Europe would actually offer better conditions for fighting naked during the winter than during the summer.

[Stuperman]

A good reason would be, as anyone who's got experience with the harsh sun of the East & South, the fact that going naked into battle is a bad idea if you would want to keep your body from over-heating. In fact it isn't altogether unlikely that the West, coastal regions of Europe would actually offer better conditions for fighting naked during the winter than during the summer.

How does armour keep you cooler?

[Spoofa]

clothes keep you from getting your skin roasted.

[Shylence]

yes its off topic but it is one of the reasons why We have less "fur" then our relatives in the animal kingdom because being built for long distance running the loss of hair and increase of sweat pores means we find it easier to cool down in the face of running around in the hot enviroment in the "motherland" known as Africa.

You chase down your prey till it collaspes of heat exhuastion.

and think about it today it is genrally frowned upon to be chargin around naked painted head to toe in woad if your on your own you may get wrestled to the grounds and covered up but if there is a hundred of you and your hostile it really does work quite well.

[Sakkura]

yes its off topic but it is one of the reasons why We have less "fur" then our relatives in the animal kingdom because being built for long distance running the loss of hair and increase of sweat pores means we find it easier to cool down in the face of running around in the hot enviroment in the "motherland" known as Africa.

You chase down your prey till it collaspes of heat exhuastion.

Most large animals can run far faster than humans, so humans would never be able to catch them that way. Also, other animals which actually do use such hunting strategies (more than humans ever would have) show no thinning of their fur.

Besides, humans don't really have a lack of hair, other than the usual trend toward less hair on bigger animals (due to the higher ratio of volume or heat production to surface area) that other species also follow. The only strange thing about us is that our body hair is shorter than it ought to be. Sexual selection for it is the leading hypothesis, kind of like the way peacocks have huge tails because of sexual selection.

[Rodion Romanovich]

TBH, I'm not sure I would be less intimidated if they were wearing clothes...

Afterall, its the axes that count.

Well, how about the secondary weapon

[Horst Nordfink]

How do you group your units into numeraled boxes like this picture shows?

[konny]

How do you group your units into numeraled boxes like this picture shows?

Am I missing something unusual on this pic, or didn't really ever tried what the bottoms right of your generals image do?

[L.C.Cinna]

How do you group your units into numeraled boxes like this picture shows?

ctrl G

[Orda Khan]

Most large animals can run far faster than humans, so humans would never be able to catch them that way.

On the contrary, I've seen an impala being chased down this way in a TV documentary. Sure, the animal could outrun its pursuer but he could track it and had the endurance to keep up the pursuit, whereas the impala became exhausted and was trying to find shade. By the end of the chase, the animal collapsed and would have died from heat exhaustion. The kill was as much to put it out of its misery as anything, at which point the hunter paid homage

......Orda

[Pharnakes]

Yes, it is entirely possible for a fit human to run an animal to exhaustion. Sure, not todays fat westeners, but people who have been brought up to it, yes.


Also, two legs are more efficent than four legs over very long and very short distsnces.

[bovi]

I think the big cats would disagree. They hunt on the very short distances after all.

[Pharnakes]

I don't understand what you mean there?

So what if they hunt over short distances? Which you are correct, they do.

[Horst Nordfink]

ctrl G

Was I asking a silly question?

Another silly question if I may, what exactly does it do?