| Warspite1 | 04 Oct 2022 2:30 a.m. PST |
Another excellent video by SandRhoman History: YouTube link He makes some good points with quotes and attributions. Barry |
| RittervonBek | 04 Oct 2022 2:55 a.m. PST |
Are you going to post any more on your channel? |
| Warspite1 | 04 Oct 2022 3:22 a.m. PST |
@RittervonBek:
Eventually.
I have been ill and also very busy when not ill. I have M.E. B |
| RittervonBek | 04 Oct 2022 3:49 a.m. PST |
Warspite, understood. My wife has the non viral version. |
| King Monkey | 04 Oct 2022 4:17 a.m. PST |
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Deucey  | 04 Oct 2022 7:41 a.m. PST |
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| Stew art | 04 Oct 2022 8:11 a.m. PST |
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| RittervonBek | 04 Oct 2022 8:12 a.m. PST |
@Deucey. Metatron is a truly great resource! |
| bobm1959 | 06 Oct 2022 4:16 a.m. PST |
I think wargamers see shieldwalls in far too positive a light. It's likely a bunch of guys huddled together and crouched behind their shields. Rather than a positive formation it's the opposite. They are then reluctant to move (much like troops hiding in cover in later wars) because they are "safe". Their ability to effectively wield their weapons likely much reduced due to their close proximity to each other (see Cannae and Adrianople references here). |
| dapeters | 06 Oct 2022 1:36 p.m. PST |
That was great! I always saw shield walls as a group cohesion thing then any thig else. |
| Zephyr1 | 08 Oct 2022 9:25 p.m. PST |
There must be some merit in using shield walls, because if they didn't work, the tactic would have been abandoned (pretty sure the word would have gotten around over the centuries. Maybe us "modern folk" just can't fathom it… ;-) |
| bobm1959 | 13 Oct 2022 1:54 a.m. PST |
I would suggest the "merit" may have simply been that they stood in the face of the enemy and didn't run away. A rare commodity perhaps?
Solid and immobile has its uses as a rallying point etc. However "someone" has to attack otherwise you don't get a battle…and shieldwalls don't seem to move. |
