(09-22-2016, 07:54 PM)Gespenst Wrote: Julius Caesar said that the Gauls fought naked (I'm not sure how much credence to give that since according to conventional wisdom the Celts invented mail but still...) but I wasn't despairing when I thought about that, I found it interesting. How would a naked army fight? "Almost certainly with spears and large shields", "What would be the weaknesses of such an approach...?" and so on.I think he mixed up Celts and Germanics at times.Â
The celts were a lot more 'civilized', given by the fact he looted so much stuff from them. The Germanics at that time were much more 'barbaric'Â
The Zulu's are an example of an army that fought (mostly) naked. They essentially used a large force to hold the enemy in place, then had the rest of them sprint around and encircle the enemy. In some ways fighting naked can be a benefit pychologically. A man in a helm in armor is one thing to stab, it's another to stab someone's naked flesh. There is a certain revulsion human's have to such things.
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