im sure there are a few military history dorks out there like me. watching the show "deadliest warrior" on spike inspired me to create a thread in the TV forum. we may get more detailed discussion here. plus this forum can see more action maybe we can talk about potential matchups, details or whatever we want one episode pitted a roman centurian against an indian rajput. the rajput won in a simulated on one on battle. but the demonstration of the roman made me realize the amount of carnage they could create on a mass scale there is very little to be done against a disciplined line of shock troops that stays in rank behind their shields and hacks off limbs with their swords. just brutal