A big issue was that the succesor states and city states forgot that the phalanx need to be supported by other troops to cover its flanks. It also...
Rome took nearly all of their scientific & technological advancements from the various greek states (and occasionally from a barbarian that...
The singlest biggest advantage the romans had was there organisation and mastery of logistics. Pretty much everything else that made em a great...
Are you saying someone is going to outspam @NIGHTBRINGER? That seems unlikely. :p
Archers were relativly rare in (early) roman and greek armies due to their armies (and those of their biggest opponents) being composed mostly out...
They did use the phalanx very early on, and the triarii would keep on using (a variation of) it for some time even after the bulk of their army...
Bow's had a three major advantages for defeating the enemy. 1) They're extremely effective against lightly armoured troops, of which there'd be...
There will indeed have been hoplite formations (or at least phalanxes of their own) in there as well. But a more significant chunk of them were...
yeah just a chaosy dude with a surplus of spikey/horny bits.
well maybe calling it dessert is a bit of a stretch, but still it's largely warmer and more arid than where the greeks tended to hang out for the...
That's hilarious, though unless the inhabitants of that castle never lit a fire before seems like a made up story :p I assume you mean testudo?...
In the artice it said they just had a fixed chance to dissapear each turn, modified by the presence of a slaughterpriest. So I'd assume it's just...
An important part aspect of a cuirass stopping bullets is also what other armor you're wearing. People often forget that a knight wouldn't just be...
I blame @NIGHTBRINGER he infected us all.
I still love that picture in some old childerens book I had where knights had to be lifted onto their horse with a freaking crane. Not once did I...
In fairness the original meaning of knight, or well the original meaning of chevalier from which it was derived was indeed basicly just "mounted...
The damage still works, but the only way to damage the Khorne units is by moving directly over them. So all you need to do to avoid the drawbacks...
I just saw a preview of the Khorne endless spells that totally aren't endless spells. And damn those things are powerfull. However there's 2...
"order" allegiance doesn't mean "good", they're merely allies of convienience. To list all grand allegiances: Destruction: factions who live just...
It's gonna be the first SCE antechamber! Or maybe an alcove. Or some other room in a building that vaguely sounds like something you could use to...