huh. that is deceptively simple. looks like a very pretty weapon as well. incorporating the 1st's loading mechanism with the 2nds design seems very plausible for Latin War era Rome, AFAIK.
im not as familiar with that one. looks very similar to Lamellar. this?
*starts planning future trip to Germany* oh man, the what ifs of such a device.
was the metal front thought to be a protective measure? (wielder or device)
or for the support of such a device to fire? i imagine the potential forces of of the tension springs could put a high potential strain...
I can imagine so with that frame. I can also imagine the costs of such a weapon with the front finish it has. I imagine it being introduced sooner as well would have had a great impact.
I also thought the device was larger than handheld (I had a larger scorpio in my head)
I'm surprised it took...
True on them potentially making their wars more difficult, but considering Rome's propensity for this kind of weapon in its siege equipment, couldn't this be something they stumble on while exploring this tech?
Thank you for the detail, the Scutum as a Pavise sounds like an awesome concept...
I have posted this elsewhere but i thought i would ask this here as well.
the Romans are believed to have had a hand spanned Crossbow during the Late Empire thanks to Stone Relief's found at the time.
some designs are believed to have been firable from one hand while mounted.
i even managed to...
well this has been a very fun read, thank you for writing this. i hope it continues further. subbed
something which may help out for your Southern American Commonwealth representation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Provinces_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata...
hate to do this...
it was less not knowing what he was doing and more having a really dodgy guide who kept misleading them, if they had a more reliable guide than the Nabataean called Syllaeus, they would have been able to take arabia felix
IMHO think him trying to make himself king would fail as one of the major linchpins of Monarchism is legitimacy. as a Lord Protector he can claim to be different from a monarchy (however that was meant to be anything than medieval re-branding) but as a monarchy? their's a long queue sat...
well colour me intrigued.
i just caught up on this and im really intrigued where you take this. the only history i know for this era is empire earth but they REALLY do jumps so to learn this is interesting to me (jumps as in the timeline for it is 2333 BC to 676 AD)
hope you suceed with this
thank for for the reply and for answering my question clearly (the last time i tried a AH forum with my query, i got a "Japan imperialist in disguise" response.)
i mainly ask as a debate i have with my brother and a alternate history project we were planning talking about the what ifs at 1000AD...
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this is my attempt at a hypothetical that's always interested me
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