The Failure of the Roman Army

"If it is possible to avoid an engagement in such circumstances, there is nothing to be dreaded from this order of battle," he says. "The troops of the fail lengths lose all their strength when they engage in separate companies or man on man." The Romans never employ all their forces so as to make their line equal to that of the enemy but lead on only a part of their troops and the rest they keep in reserve. 'You might want to distract it sure but then you hit them from the flank and don't face people on their best category, right? Don't wrestle against the wrestler'