Posted by bilsonius on 12 Oct 2017, 17:19
"The Romans will be red faced when first setting sight upon these..."
Don't forget the famous story of how Antiochus boasted to Hannibal how his splendid army would stop the Romans. Hannibal is said to have replied to the effect that it certainly would; it would take the Romans ages to loot the corpses...
PS: In addition to drawing pins/thumb tacks for shields, one can also use upholstery pins; these are deeper and more concave,as in some illustrations of phalangite shields.