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2019-03-13 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Roman Legion's Most Powerful Military Formation

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Posted by Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2019-03-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Professional soldiers with practiced integrated tactics against hordes of anarchist agri-raiders.
They could have been ballerinas and won.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-03-13 00:15|| 2019-03-13 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Best bet was to catch them in road march.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-13 07:46|| 2019-03-13 07:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Croatian (right) Italian (left) - https://imgur.com/Rza4VcB
hat tip reddit this am.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2019-03-13 09:56|| 2019-03-13 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 I always was intrigued at how the Roman Legion could subdivide into small squads and recombine... there was that battle that midway they stripped the rear maniples and reformed them to the threatened flank as a new "pseudo-Legion". Like a Lego™ block army they could assume almost any shape.

Posted by magpie 2019-03-13 12:39|| 2019-03-13 12:39|| Front Page Top

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