Post Roman British question

recharge · Post by **recharge** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:30 pm

OK, I have a very simple confusion about the Post Roman British list:

Why are they called "Spearmen"; when they are "light spear" - "swordsmen".??

Just seems a little strange

John

Phaze_of_the_Moon · Post by **Phaze_of_the_Moon** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:09 pm

"Light spear" and "swordsmen" are functional game terms, they do not imply posession of light spears or swords. "Spearmen" is an vaguely historical description, something a contemporary might have used.

paulburton · Post by **paulburton** » Mon May 25, 2009 3:42 pm

My main question on the R-B Spearmen is more to do with the unit sizes. Essentially: Why are the Drilled Spearment not in BGs of 4 to 8 (the same as the Roman Cohorts they are the continuation of)?

Also what about the option to upgrade some foot to Votadini (they are available to the Welsh but not for a Romano-British army which I would say is the appropriate option for Vortigern who did use Votadini against the Saxons.

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:13 pm

paulburton wrote:My main question on the R-B Spearmen is more to do with the unit sizes. Essentially: Why are the Drilled Spearment not in BGs of 4 to 8 (the same as the Roman Cohorts they are the continuation of)?
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Because the authors realized cohorts of 4 bases were a bit too maneuverable and over effective sometime between publishing the LT lists and the WftS lists...