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I would have thought that the Generals would have learned the skills to lead from being subordinate to veteran officers. Before taking the role of being a General. Doing the job rather than sitting in a classroom and trying to stay awake listening to some lecture.
"Novices talk tactics, professionals talk logistics" I am surprised that the Roman where well aware of this, as a lot of later Generals forgot about it.
brah, dux is "dooks", not "ducks". and "saracheni" instead of "sarakeni". sry but it's really jarring when you're doinig a historical piece and keep pronouncing important terms wrong.
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Aspides frequently had bronze rim reinforcing along with hide or linen. Aspis just means shield, and there were a bunch of different sizes and kinds, and though the bronze layer on the front seems to have been incredibly rare, reinforcing the edge with a layer of hide and a bronze rim is shown in depictions frequently. This would go a long way in protecting the shield against the use of both the kopis and the xyphos, which would definitely be used if a spear broke or the engagement DID get into really close-quarters combat. I am no metallurgist, but I would wager that bronze would be made using less tin, and thus softer, than if someone could afford a full sheet on their shield, and that is why we so rarely find these rims anywhere near intact, but we do find fragments of them with shields. I've never been a fan of the "hoplites had Xcm between them". That just...doesn't make sense in the real world. Far more likely, hoplites had close order, loose order, and "don't bother maintaining ranks" order after an enemy broke. This also explains why both underhand and overhand would be used; they serve different purposes. 90cm seems a bit large for a close-order formation, but too close for loose-order. I would guess more in the range of 70-80cm, with loose order being more like 90-110cm. The underhanded grip would certainly be better for attacking fleeing enemies. I also think it makes sense for the first row to use underhanded grip, and the rest to go overhanded, so an enemy has at least 4 enemies on a solid front to worry about, only in the first rank. As to the pushing, I believe that it was both the normal "they pushed y units back" as they give ground, as well I think when a gap occurred, say 2 men are downed and two others attempt to flee, an actual push would be made to try to break into the ranks of the enemy. This is how Romans did it, it is how Angles and Saxons, how Danes and Norse did it, and it is how the Chinese did it way on the other side of Eurasia. If a gap opens, you DO try to push it, and actually physically push your way, along with some buddies, into that gap. But if it doesn't work, you back off, and I think this is likely where a significant portion of the fatalities in Greek warfare occurred, at least in the Archaic period. I think THAT is what "othismos" refers to, that push into a gap that is the ATTEMPT to end a battle. Got to admit, I almost stopped watching when you started with Hanson, glad I stuck with it. God I hate that guy.
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The triari was the last group to engage in fight and they are the best soldiers, so this means it's a more chaotic system than anything, I think both styles are used the organized and the chaos one.
Seems there was a lot of honour and certain ways of doing things. They didn't like archers as they thought it was cowardly and they're extremely infantry based. Sort of like an early version of Chivalry. This is opposed to Archer Cavalry where there is no honour in man to man fighting and they are exploiting the advantages they have.
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It appears you are mixing up the terminology of rank vs MOS. Rank relates only to hierarchy, whereas MOS relates to the job you do. People at the same pay and command level are at the same rank regardless of their job. For example: a Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd class (HM3) doesn't have a different rank to a Navy Builder 3rd class (BU3). They both hold the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class.
13:36: Emperor Nero's long flanking march at the Metaurus River. It's "General Nero" (Gaius Claudius Nero) and not Emperor Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus).
Hi, at 13:38 you mention "Emperor Nero's long flanking march at the Metaurus River". The Roman commander was Gaius Claudius Nero, not emperor Nero, and the battle happened in 207 BC against Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal. Other than that nice video !
