For an alleged expert in sword fighting, this post is awfully short on details. I’ll note that the overwhelming majority of combat in premodern history is not o

For an alleged expert in sword fighting, this post is awfully short on details. I’ll note that the overwhelming majority of combat in premodern history is not one-on-one, and is instead between teams in a formation (typically each of whom have shields in addition to their weapons). Bret Devereaux (oft featured on HN) recently finished up a series on the Roman and classical Hellenistic tactical systems; for a view of an army doing sword-based combat, check here [1]. [1]: https://acoup.blog/2024/02/09/collections-phalanxs-twilight-legions-triumph-part-iia-how-a-legion-fights/ https://acoup.blog/2024/02/09/collections-phalanxs-twilight-...