The Real Battle Mod

[pajomife]

In HBO Rome i saw a battle , there is true? , the romans figth this way?,you can see in this clip how the roman legion(supose) figth.
I never see this in no other film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5m0K...=rome%20battle
Another movie ,this from History Channel using Total war engine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcagj...=rome%20battle The battle of pharsalus( imagin this movie with RTR or other mod Skins.
A intro from another game????and i rigth side some movies from RTR or RTW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN8L...elated&search=

[The Black Reaper]

yea they did.... the man in front usually fought for 5-6 minutes then they went to the back and the person behind them kept the fighting.... it was very affective since only the first line got tired but then they rotated and when they reached the front of the line again they were ready to fight 5-6 more minutes..

[nightwar]

Man you gotta admire roman army

[The Black Reaper]

yea you have to... the only reason why the empire fell was because most the emperors were very brutal and many ppl rebelled against them... if they had more ppl like ceaser who was for the ppl instead of themselves the empire would of been alive another 200 years at least

[dragases1453]

These scenes are taken from an italian film

[pajomife]

These scenes are taken from an italian film

No, taken from HBO Tv serie Rome ,2005,is the only battle in 12 episodes , but the serie are very good.

[AngryTitusPullo]

Wonder if they actually do the battle Alexander like, especially Pharsallus.. Hmm.. Now I wonder what's the budget for that.. :tooth:

[pajomife]

This serie is to realistic,show sex , crime, violence , show the real rome ,a dirty city , not likr the 60`s movies who shows rome to clean, and its funny because the " real " Titus Pullo , a vulgar soldier ,seems to change the History in several times.
And those clip is good for the moder to see the real lorica hamata , and the helmet (monfortino) who is used in those days , the end of republic.

[saber]

Wow, the first Roman battle clip from a movie/tv show that I have seen that portrays Roman warfare realistically and not as some free for all melee with broken formations.

[pajomife]

I dont know they sources, but the rest of a serie seams to realistic , maybe the battle are realistic to,

[-Conan the Barbarian-]

i love the battle scene kinda feels like saving private ryan roman style. yet they still managed to make the helmets not look like they did in ceasars time.

[The Black Reaper]

those are the republican helmets... not the imperial ones.... the imperial helmets started to come in the 50-45 b.c

[-Conan the Barbarian-]

those are the republican helmets... not the imperial ones.... the imperial helmets started to come in the 50-45 b.c

did the republican helmets neck peice really go straight down like that? heres a real republican era helmethttp://images.google.com/images?q=tb...2520helmet.jpg
and heres a link to late republican helmets

http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryE....html#Mannheim

and how the hell do you post a pic instead of a hyperlink to that pic?

[Talos]

did the republican helmets neck peice really go straight down like that? heres a real republican era helmethttp://images.google.com/images?q=tb...2520helmet.jpg
and heres a link to late republican helmets

http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryE....html#Mannheim

and how the hell do you post a pic instead of a hyperlink to that pic?

I think you are correct. Legionaries during Caesar's time would have still worn the Montefortino type helmet with a horsehair crest. The helmets worn in the battle scene appear to be the Coolus type helmet, which were worn by legionaries of the first half of 1st century AD.

Coolus type: http://www.redrampant.com/images/hcooluse.jpg

As an aside, the shields during Caesar's time would have still been oval shaped.

A late Republic legionary: http://roman-empire.net/army/legionary-early.html Too bad I can't find a picture of Peter Connolly's to use. His are of much better quality.

[pajomife]

The point is not the helmet , i belive That all the serie is acurated so the helmets to, but the battle formaction and tatics , You see in a point of battle that the centurion use a whistle to give orders and the first line withdraws to the end and be replaced by the second one ,the the 2nd for the 3th etc.

[imthefrgt10]

Rome was an awesome series boobs in every episode lol

[The Black Reaper]

i think its the republican helmet that started the new imperial helmets... you can see some similiarities with them... the neck guard is a sign that that the imperial helmet was made after that one

[-Conan the Barbarian-]

i think its the republican helmet that started the new imperial helmets... you can see some similiarities with them... the neck guard is a sign that that the imperial helmet was made after that one

i dont understand what you mean. the republican and imperial helmets both have neckguards that go straight out this is probobly cuz they can look up better and have a better range of motion. also the shields in rome are imperial being that they are completly square and not round. but anyways i hope that they can make the romans fight in some mod like they do in the clip, with the troop rotation and all.

[pajomife]

i dont understand what you mean. the republican and imperial helmets both have neckguards that go straight out this is probobly cuz they can look up better and have a better range of motion. also the shields in rome are imperial being that they are completly square and not round. but anyways i hope that they can make the romans fight in some mod like they do in the clip, with the troop rotation and all.

The Imperial helmets are based in gauls helmets , so we call galic helmet
See the historical Roman Equipment http://hometown.aol.com/gijchar/roman.htm

[paradamed]

Pretty interesting stuff! If you have more battles like these keep 'em coming. Thanks.