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Roman Legion's Most Powerful Military Formation
2019-03-13


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Posted by:Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365

#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 Legoâ„¢ block army they could assume almost any shape.

Posted by: magpie   2019-03-13 12:39  

#3  Croatian (right) Italian (left) - https://imgur.com/Rza4VcB
hat tip reddit this am.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2019-03-13 09:56  

#2  Best bet was to catch them in road march.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-13 07:46  

#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  

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