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[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

Originally posted by Zachriel
The fact that the line broke was probably a SNAFU, a military acronym defined by Britannica as . . .
nother explanation is that we were only seeing part of the battle, probably a German flanking maneuver met by Roman dismounted cavalry. Elsewhere, presumably the infantry line held. Once the barbarians developed effective cavalry for flanking, the Legion lost much of its effectiveness.

And Rome promptly started recruiting 'barbarian' Cavalry........ They were so damn effective and trained everyone away from stupid hunger for glory to being a team player..... Just what modern military still does....

That was one of the points why Friedrich der Große wanted De bello Gallico read in school - to give every boy an early dose of military 'training'.....