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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leopold" data-source="post: 244784" data-attributes="member: 758">i will still aruge the contrary! But we digress. Back to the legions.i crushed through chapters 1 and 2. I love the fact that they had a cliffhanger in chapter one waiting until page 173(yes i checked) to pick up where it left off. The sheer fact that these troops were raised, organized, and deployed in weeks instead of months is a testament to the training they recieved. I am at the battle for the swiss and saw how easy the legions defeated a force much larger than them by tactics and equipment rather than brute force.That's what makes or breaks an army is the caliber of the officers that lead and the way they instruct and command respect from their troops. Calipsan (guessing here) leads his troops from the front line by example rather than rallying from behind them. He shows them that if he can do it they can do it, and inspires his troops. That's brave and gutsy and has a greater chance of death for a good leader, but in those days out of the 5 or 6 generals only 2/3 were capable and the rest useless..not a good ratio!back on track!</blockquote>