Macedon vs Egypt - Multiplayer Battle - Total War Rome 2 

Egypt by no mean is an underdog, they are among top tier faction in multiplayer.

@@TheBikeOnTheMoon Maybe in siege but in land Egypt is one of the worst factions

Xiphos is straight and kopis curved

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While similar curve the sword is a Kopis. It was most common in Greek Armies as a sidearm. It honestly served as a basis for modern day Falchions and other curved swords but obviously the Gladius won out and became the longsword in the end

@@chazbrown1139 Some of what you said is right, but I don't think you can draw a straight line from Kopis to Falchions or Gladius to Longsword. There is way too much in between and not everything is an evolution of an earlier invention. Before longswords you have all kinds of Germanic and Scandinavian onehanded iron swords as well as Greek swords of the Byzantine empire that are definitely the successors of Roman weapons but probably the Spatha not the Gladius. Even with all that you still have a ton of other evolutions of things like arming swords and a lot of time passes before a longsword ever get made, maybe it is a descendant of the Gladius but that is not a clear-cut thing. The Kopis is even harder as it was much more region wide and spanned many cultures. The gladius got everywhere because the Romans brought it to those places, but the Kopis spread on its own. Heir even calls it a Falcata which is more of a modern term. It is just a Kopis that was made in Iberia (Spain), but besides style of things like handle and decoration it is the same. The Kopis had spread all over the Mediterranean and black sea so it's hard to say what it influenced. Though some say while not a direct descendant the Ottoman Yatagan was at least inspired by the Kopis, but I don't know you could prove that.

@@howitzer551 I can see where youre coming from and yes many Longswords were modeled after Nordic examples due to their efficacy in raids and prolonged battles. I slightly disagree on the fact that some cultures copied the Kopis because many knives and swords have been found in archaeological digs that were of similar shape but dated back to before greek colonies were in the area. (Example would be the Lusitani area or Galicia.) Even in India before Alexander there was curved swords. But yes, weaponry dating and historical guidance is hard because many specimens dont survive the long march of time.

And a defensive pike unit on a hold formation should be almost invincible to all but the most elite units of the game.

​@@BOSIE321I agree man

100 kills on mostly trash spear units, though. It's hard to get thorax to pay for themselves in a fair fight.

@@Hakkapell 100 kills on average is very good

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Falcata are sharpened on both sides for about the front third of the blade, while the kopis is only single edged. Both come in various lengths, but they're certainly all awesome swords!

@@j.r.morrel628 Ah, I hadn't meant to imply that either was a set size. Just more a general idea that kopis overall sizes were larger than Falcata. Like falcata were 20-60cm where as kopis where between something like 40-70cm. I did not know that the falcata was sharpened on both sides however which is quite interesting. I imagine it helped a bit more when the wielder was forced to thrust/stab. Very interesting!

@@TheVoracityFun fact the translation of the name kopis means the one that chops

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