Post; what was the ancient battle really like?????

WARmachine88 · July 9th, 2005

I just read a book about the ancient Rome Legion, the author has a pretty unique idea compared to the history books I read in other places:

ancient battles were mostly short burst of melee fight that lasted just a very short period of time rather than some ancient tales saying fighting "whole day" bla bla bla.

one side, often those leniently orgniazed, badly-trained troops, would collapse once those behind the first line thought the situation looked or sounded (they couldn't really see an exact picture of what was happening to the first line) and ran away. That was when the real slaughter began, as the chasing of the fleeing troops started.

July 9th, 2005
WARmachine88 Banned	Post; what was the ancient battle really like????? I just read a book about the ancient Rome Legion, the author has a pretty unique idea compared to the history books I read in other places: ancient battles were mostly short burst of melee fight that lasted just a very short period of time rather than some ancient tales saying fighting "whole day" bla bla bla. one side, often those leniently orgniazed, badly-trained troops, would collapse once those behind the first line thought the situation looked or sounded (they couldn't really see an exact picture of what was happening to the first line) and ran away. That was when the real slaughter began, as the chasing of the fleeing troops started.