tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482407251610013637.post9040244862726676356..comments2023-09-11T06:40:52.161+01:00Comments on Caliban-somewhen: Campaign round-upCalibanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137774792085672600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482407251610013637.post-20484470556495724482014-03-20T19:30:10.402+00:002014-03-20T19:30:10.402+00:00Hi Aaron, he probably did indeed. Or else he made...Hi Aaron, he probably did indeed. Or else he made it up! Most annoyingly, he probably wrote down information that assumed his readership knew what he meant, thus leaving everyone else trying to figure it all out for the next 2,000 years...and wargamers everywhere will be trying to simulate the pike versus pilum success in Epirus.<br /><br />The Romans will of course just raise more armies!Calibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137774792085672600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482407251610013637.post-72680659866168672742014-03-20T16:47:44.642+00:002014-03-20T16:47:44.642+00:00Sounds just like the real thing, Paul! Did Livy r...Sounds just like the real thing, Paul! Did Livy record any omens in Rome following the defeat? Cows weeping blood, statues giving birth to two-headed chickens etc? Expiatory burning of unRomanly comfortable sofas, perchance? <br /><br />Cheers,<br />AaronPrufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.com