Romans Vs Zombies

The Romans could take this , but they would have to barrage the oncoming zombie horde with firey 'shells' from their catapults. Fire always works well on Zombies ...

Otherwise their screwed , because as Khan mentioned the Gladius is a stabbing weapon (Technically it could be considered a long knife) while their armour (aside from the body length shields) isn't particularly good.

Although I'd love to see a group of Romans try the 'tortoise' maneuver on the zombies , but it would be more of a suicide attack then anything.

....wait a minute is this real romans or modern day recreations who dress up as romans 😕 Because Modern day romans would have the advantage of the pope. Holy 'power' like that usually causes zombies to drop like flies.

Zombies take it, non stop keep on coming, the Romans will tire and die.

Originally posted by TheKahn
hmm

The Roman's do have some serious challenges. In terms of personal weapons the Romans really aren't equipped to deal with zombies. As we all know the only way to make sure you've put a zombie down for good is to destroy his head and one must do this while avoiding being bitten by the zombie in the process. Being from an age without gunpowder, actually destroying a zombie head is rather difficult.

The gladius is primarily a stabbing weapon and too short and using it to attack a zombie's head would allow said zombie to get way too close for comfort. The pilum may allow the Roman's to take some zombies out at a distance but it's far too inaccurate to rack-up a lot of head shots and a direct hit may not be enough to put the zombie down. And the Roman armor leaves a great deal skin unprotected against a zombie bit.

But there is one saving grace in the Roman arsenal: the scutum. The full length shield would allow the Roman's to push the zombies back and knock them to the ground where the next line of troops could behead them.

I think I'd have to go with the Romans here, but just barley. The best use of their prep will be to construct long wooden structures on their right and left flanks to both protect them from being attacked from the sides and also to funnel the zombies in a somewhat strait line to their waiting troops. Thus confined only a relatively small amount of zombies would be able to attack the Romans at any one time. Basically they are borrowing the tactics the Spartans used at Thermopylae against the Persians thus allowing the Roman's to overcome the zombies number advantage. The first line uses their shields to force the zombies to the ground while the following lines incapacitate them.

Pilums could be used like normal spears, they usually used them as javelins because it was more effective.

Originally posted by Tassadar
Pilums could be used like normal spears, they usually used them as javelins because it was more effective.

I know. I just wasn't sure about the effectiveness of them in two areas. One, could the Roman's be accurate enough with them to get a large number of head shots in and two, would a pilum through the head be enough to put a zombie down for the count.

Originally posted by TheKahn
I know. I just wasn't sure about the effectiveness of them in two areas. One, could the Roman's be accurate enough with them to get a large number of head shots in and two, would a pilum through the head be enough to put a zombie down for the count.

it shuold

Originally posted by ExtraMision5555
it shuold

Well it depends on what kind of zombies you're dealing with. For example the Marvel Zombies had to have nearly all of their head destroyed before they'd go down.

Originally posted by TheKahn
Well it depends on what kind of zombies you're dealing with. For example the Marvel Zombies had to have nearly all of their head destroyed before they'd go down.

in begining he said i think land of the dead zombies? err

not land of the dead
but the zombies wre killable by head trauma

p.s that was a good comic lol

Originally posted by TheKahn
I know. I just wasn't sure about the effectiveness of them in two areas. One, could the Roman's be accurate enough with them to get a large number of head shots in and two, would a pilum through the head be enough to put a zombie down for the count.

If they knew about zombie, they wouldnt throw them, they would just have the soldiers use them as short spears. A gladius could stab through a zombies skull, human bone gets softer as the body rots. If the black guy in this scan can take a room full with a hammer, a Roman soldier with a gladius could do the same.

Originally posted by ExtraMision5555
in begining he said i think land of the dead zombies? err

not land of the dead
but the zombies wre killable by head trauma

p.s that was a good comic lol

Oldschool LotD, that means the slow weak zombies you could escape from at a quick walk.

Originally posted by Tassadar
If they knew about zombie, they wouldnt throw them, they would just have the soldiers use them as short spears. A gladius could stab through a zombies skull, human bone gets softer as the body rots. If the black guy in this scan can take a room full with a hammer, a Roman soldier with a gladius could do the same.

Yeah, you're right. I didn't see where Scoob stated the type zombie at the start of the thread. 😮

The zombies are too slow and dumb to beat the Romans, I like the zombies more, But the romans would win, It wouldnt be easy though.

Zombies wins

Originally posted by ExtraMision5555
if the romans dont freaq out, they may be able to win, but it would be pertty scary, and 1 roman per 15 zombies isint the greatest ratio

The average untrained person with a pickaxe could take 15 zombies, as long as they werent surrounded. Ever played Dead Rising?

At first it seems that all the advantages go to the Romans, but, it wouldn't go as smoothly on paper. It's not one soldier vs. 15 zombies. It's 10,000 vs. 150,000.

Zombies have quite a few things going for them.
*Resistance to piercing weapons, which seem to be a favorite of the Romans.
*Numbers, so they could get in close.
*If they bite a Roman, he'll become one (in a few hours?).
*Don't tire.
*The whole fear thing.

I think it'd take a strong leader to win this for the Romans, and someone who was good with prep.

Originally posted by jollyjim311
At first it seems that all the advantages go to the Romans, but, it wouldn't go as smoothly on paper. It's not one soldier vs. 15 zombies. It's 10,000 vs. 150,000.

Zombies have quite a few things going for them.
*Resistance to piercing weapons, which seem to be a favorite of the Romans.
*Numbers, so they could get in close.
*If they bite a Roman, he'll become one (in a few hours?).
*Don't tire.
*The whole fear thing.

I think it'd take a strong leader to win this for the Romans, and someone who was good with prep.

You mean like this guy? 🤣

Or this guy:

the zombies win easily.......they are much harder to kill then the romans, and they vastly outnumber the romans

hmm depends on what type or romans you talk about?
Do they get archers, catapults, horses??
But even with only swords, and a good line up they could take them out.
Just keep chopping, and move back, the zombies are very slow.

Romans win with ease.

Honestly, a better fight would be Spartans (Greek) vs Zombies. That would be a massacere 😱

Originally posted by Scoobless
Or this guy:

That's an unfair advantage. Ash could kill all those zombies by himself , let alone with all those 'primitive screwheads' helping him.