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Roman military training
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Everything is serious except for the pic. The pic is just some re-enactors goofing off, lmao
Actual Roman techniques for dodging and warding blows involved very minimal and utilitarian movement. Conservation of energy and all that, plus the fact that they would be fighting in fairly closed ranks. Interestingly, some of the techniques involved leaning into the enemy's blows - shying away could expose unarmored fleshy bits, while inclining your body or your head could help take the blow on the armor.
Interesting! Do you happen to have a primary source? I'd love to read more.
Fuck me, I swear to the gods the internet is in decay. Or search engines, at least. Sorry, but I can't find where I read it, in part because 90% of the fucking results for primary sources anymore aren't the easy online versions that used to exist, but all fucking paywalled or just advertisements for translations. If I come across it, I'll be sure to message you. I might paw through my physical (non-primary source) books at some point, but I have no clue which would have mentioned it.
The Web has been enshittified beyond belief. The decline of search engines started long ago when the web's overall focus shifted to advertising, but with the advent of "AI" it'll become even more horrible.