Roman Empire

[Veknironth]

Well, tune in tomorrow for all the Wolfen=Roman posts!

-Vek
"Starring, J. Lionheart!"

[Marcantony]

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[Library Ogre]

I'm assuming you don't have the Compendium of Weapons, Armor, and Castles?

For Romans, you're going to be looking at Banded Mail for officers, and chain mail (both half suits) for lower rankers. Both would use heavy wooden and steel shields. They favor short spears, short swords (their primary weapon), and daggers. Their cavalry will wear half suits of chain and use long swords, but are likely to be Germans, Illryians or Scythians. Lances and bows weren't practical for cavalry, since they didn't have stirrups.

Where else are you looking at in the empire?

[Spectre]

thanks guys. i was wondering on troop formations, holdings, how far the empire stretched, womens role (probible lower than a dogs), general info. i would do the reaserch myself, however my time is limited on the comp. and i have atb and splicers stuff to post.

If you know the layout of Europe any...

The borders of the Roman empire north were the Danube River and the Rhine River, Eastern borders were around the Euphrates River, it extended south along the nile river, west to the Atlantic Ocean, and took up most of north africa and nearly all of the Isle of Britian.

Women were treated suprisingly civil. They were still pushed to marriage. Upper class women were not kept sepereate, were often educated, and normally took care of the money and estate while her husband was away. Roman women were not allowed into public life (politics). They did have some legal rights but were still subject to their husbands.

Troop formation is easy. The phalanx. If you know that, you know Roman tactics.

You're welcome.

[Sgt Anjay]

Troop formation is easy. The phalanx. If you know that, you know Roman tactics.

The Romans at their height did not use the phalanx. The Romans used a much more fluid and adaptable formation. In fact, Roman legions decisively defeated Greek phalanx formations and the phalanx disappeared from general use in Europe until ressurected by pikemen during the middle ages, after Roman legions had themselves been soundly defeated by heavy cavalry formations.

[sHaka]

How about this ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome

[Spectre]

Troop formation is easy. The phalanx. If you know that, you know Roman tactics.

The Romans at their height did not use the phalanx. The Romans used a much more fluid and adaptable formation. In fact, Roman legions decisively defeated Greek phalanx formations and the phalanx disappeared from general use in Europe until ressurected by pikemen during the middle ages, after Roman legions had themselves been soundly defeated by heavy cavalry formations.

Maybe I should qualify myself some more. We mean two different things, and it's probably my fault.
By phalanx, i am talking more of the advancing in close formation with shields locked close, not the overall lines of advance. They did invent the tortise, after all. That's getting in close.
The Romans modified the traditional phalanx. They moved in three rows with more gap between them. Their lines were much more manuverable than the traditional. It was this battlefield manuverability that gave them their huge advantage.