Why didnt romans do this more often with horse riders?
>>18426606it was literally a high ground advantagethey weren't always going to have it so easy
>>18426607Celts and Germanics were blacks then?
>>18426714they were niggers of the europe so yeah, definitely
>>18426606Because commanders who aren't retarded don't attack up hills with ranged units. You can't force someone to be retarded, it has to come naturally.
>>18427361I don't know the background of that specific battle, but choosing when and where to give battle has always been one of the biggest mark of a good general. but there are many factors that can trick a commander into making the wrong choice. thinking they were just stupid is a dangerous hubris.
>>18427374Plenty of commanders just get impatient and/or think they're invincible. Which makes them make retarded decisions like this one. There's no circumstance in which charging up a hill with horse archers is a good idea. It neuters every single advantage they have. Only a retard could have made this decision, no matter what the circumstances are.
>>18427379it's never a good idea, but it might be the smaller of several bad options. for example if you are facing a smaller force you might defeat despite disadvantages, but if you wait, they will merge with reinforcements giving them a numerical advantage. though I just looked the article for that battle, no indication why that attack was ordered. it even says that it is unclear whether the attack was ordered or a spontaneous front line decision. which makes even less sense, because it says the romans had drawn up in battle lines already. so no excuses in sight.
>>18427388>it's never a good idea, but it might be the smaller of several bad options. for example if you are facing a smaller force you might defeat despite disadvantages, but if you wait, they will merge with reinforcements giving them a numerical advantage.In that case, you go somewhere else, maybe start harassing the countryside to deprive them of resources, just go for a softer target that will yield better results. Anything but throwing your army away for no reason. Play to your strengths, not the enemy's. This is just fundamental stuff. It's in the Art of War.>though I just looked the article for that battle, no indication why that attack was ordered. it even says that it is unclear whether the attack was ordered or a spontaneous front line decision. which makes even less sense, because it says the romans had drawn up in battle lines already.>so no excuses in sight.If his troops made the charge without his order, then they were undisciplined, which is also his fault. I agree, no excuses. The only explanation is incompetence.
>>18427231The romans were spear chucking shield pussies
