Questionable legionary formation on History Channel

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Perhaps the rotation occured with tired legionaries at the front holding position, and fresh legionaries advancing past them to become the new front line?

[moonburn]

Perhaps the rotation occured with tired legionaries at the front holding position, and fresh legionaries advancing past them to become the new front line?

thats just assuming your gaining ground wich when your facing crazy kelts that put all they´ve got in the charge is highly unlikely for the 1st 15 minutes

[Ludens]

thats just assuming your gaining ground wich when your facing crazy kelts that put all they´ve got in the charge is highly unlikely for the 1st 15 minutes

If they put everything they had into the charge, I'd say you would make a great deal of progress after the first few minutes .

Perhaps the rotation occured with tired legionaries at the front holding position, and fresh legionaries advancing past them to become the new front line?

That's certainly possible; although again it probably wasn't a drill-yard manoeuvre. I believe that close-combat, even for articulated infantry, was a lot more messy and fluid than pike & shot battles.

[Tanit]

That's certainly possible; although again it probably wasn't a drill-yard manoeuvre. I believe that close-combat, even for articulated infantry, was a lot more messy and fluid than pike & shot battles.

This was well represented in the battle of Gaugamela in the Hollywood rendition of Alexander, the movie had many issues with it, but the way the phalanx engaged, fell apart and tried to maintain cohesion in that battle was well done.

[Brennus]

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the HBO series Rome (although I am not a fan of its depiction of the Gauls).

Has anyone ever seen the depictions of Germans in "The Fall of the Roman Empire"? Or for that matter Picts in "The Eagle"?

I have to say the Hannibal documentary that Jormugand linked is painful to watch.