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    Default Re: Imperial/Marian Army Formations?

    well yeah, there are cases where celts used formations, especially later celts, like robert the bruce, who created the legendary SCHILTRON! (stupid BI is only a few hundred years off :rolls eyes: )
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    Default Re: Imperial/Marian Army Formations?

    Both celtic and germanic peoples used formations, shield-walls and such were common and some like the germanic spearmen, EB´s Speutogardaz were known for their tight phalanx-like formation for example as was the helvetii for theirs ( EB´s Mori Gaesum ). The written accounts are numerous, you could look up Caesar´s commentaries on his Gallic Wars for more information on these north-european ones, and I do not believe any EB faction to not have utilized army formations, at least not with their professional armies.

    The late ( in EB´s time frame ) roman army formations were not very much unlike the manipulatory tactics from earlier republican times but still often, as before but perhaps even more so, the three battle-lines were joined before the engagement and before the skirmishers had retreated behind them. This was, as before, not a rigid tactic, nor was it used rigidly, but the three-line system, with veterans in the back and initial quincunx pattern deployment of the cohorts did survive into the imperial age.
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    Default Re: Imperial/Marian Army Formations?

    Quote Originally Posted by Celtic_Punk View Post
    well yeah, there are cases where celts used formations, especially later celts, like robert the bruce, who created the legendary SCHILTRON! (stupid BI is only a few hundred years off :rolls eyes: )
    Now, I know little about Celts, but I would imagine it was not rare that they used formations. Are you basing your assertion off of anything you have read, or is this simply what you believe?

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