Its like with biceps pullups - horizontal grip activates biceps muscles, while vertical puts more pressure on forearm)ītw, its quite interesting to find that even modern Historians commonly forget to include human physiology into their assumptions. Horizontal grip is far better if you need to hold something heavy for longer time. Plus, Scutum had horizontal grip, not vertical. Scutum is heavier, yet, thanks to this, it is better manageable, and soldiers will not tire just by holding it (they don't need to.) With Scutum, you can put it on the ground, and stand still while you still have ability to rise it up if you need it. With Aspis, you had to hold it entire time, no matter if you are in combat or not. resting shields on the ground was to preserve strength of soldiers for the moment they need to fight the enemy. That is the sole reason why Romans used quite different tactics from others. Yes what you say is true but I tried using both and the Roman shield was hard to hold and maneuver, while the Aspis was heavy it felt much easer to hold and maneuver, also the Aspis was fitted to the solder by adjusting the cord and it had a good feel to it, I did not feel at all comfortable with the scutum. (either in Italy during Pyrrhic wars, or during Galatian invasions during the same period) Greeks/Hellenes realized this and dropped the Aspis once they came into contact with Thureos. Plus, it also means that they would easier get under spears of enemy spearwall, allowing them to come closer (rising the shield a bit, to rise the enemy spear shafts up) They often fixed it on the ground, and fought from lower guard position, which btw, was seen as more beneficial, as you presented smaller target to enemy. Yes, scutum was heavier shield.Yet legionaries used their shield differently. Another bonus of Scutum was that its surface was more flexible, that could cause javelin to slide to the sides.
If you look at pilum, any solid hit against Aspis that goes through the shield, will hit the bearer as well due to being too close, while with scutum, such hit would result in pilum passing through, but most likely not doing any deep penetration of the body behind it. Also, with Aspis, you could end up with arrows piercing your arm to the shield, while thanks to central grip, there was very small chance to suffer the same with scutum (boss was made if Iron), as no part of legionary arm was put directly against shield wall. with Aspis, you stood just few cm from the shield wall, which means that any projectile that penetrates the shield deep enough, might wound you as well. Scutum could protect you against projectiles that penetrated it as there was still enough of distance from shield wall to the soldier's body.
It allowed you to bash the enemy more efficiently with it, and more importantly, it gave you greater standoff from the shield itself. 2K A Total War Saga: Thrones of BritanniaĬentral grip of Scutum was more effective than double strap of Aspis.846 A Total War Saga: Fall of the Samurai.
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