Dudes the modern legions are failing(something funny)

[russia almighty]

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The fact that they let the Barbarians get to them without a pilum volley is fail .

The all steel Scutum's are awesome . That makes up for the lack of pilum's .

[Moosemanmoo]

haha genius, where is this?

[Charge]

Russia

[Mediolanicus]

If it's a recent pic, I'd guess T'bilisi (Georgia)!

With all those troubles with the elections there...

[antisocialmunky]

http://i14.tinypic.com/6q2pem8.jpg


The fact that they let the Barbarians get to them without a pilum volley is fail .

The all steel Scutum's are awesome . That makes up for the lack of pilum's .

The closest thing you'll find to watching Romans fight in the modern world is riot police in all parts of hte world.

[Apgad]

Are they getting attacked by Screeching Women?

[Mediolanicus]

Time to send in the flaming pigs I'd say...

[russia almighty]

I've seen a pic of riot police in a testudo .

[Cadwalader]

The rioters should ambush.

[CaesarAugustus]

or just clump their unit and break the legionaries' formation.

[Cyclops]

Do Putin and FM's ride in T-34s?

[antisocialmunky]

The rioters should ambush.

Or go riot in the nude with some PCP.

P.S. What's up with that chain thing at the bottom of hte screen?

[unreal_uk]

What you don't see is the next shot when that Amazon warrior has her leg cleaved right from her body.

[NeoSpartan]

Riot police need to get trained by the Roman Reanactor guys from RAT.

I mean not only are they missing the pilum, but they also:

1- Hold the shild like a hoplite's aspis. That is with a bent arm and their forearm and hand holding the shield.
---this also limits their ability to use the shild as an offensive weapon to knock down and shove people.
2- The shild lacks a boss.
3- They swing their clubs instead of stab with them (btw it hurts like a mofo to get stabbed with a club).

those are the most notable errors.

[Rodion Romanovich]

They also have the lorica kevlarata, which wasn't invented until long after the fall of the roman empire!

[Cadwalader]

Aren't the rioters sort of the modern voinu?

[Watchman]

I don't think present-day Russia is (yet) in so bad a condition resorting to cannibalism were common.