What advantage do short swords bring?

>Romans fought in tight formations
That's not what Polybius and Caesar say. According to Polybius the Romans fought in a pretty loose order

Much better when people are slamming into each other.
You can do that in Skyrim as I think it's the only one where the Roman themed Empire uses Gladii.

You'd think we'd see them using Spatha but no.

A glory for Rome.

easier to kill civilians indoors

Originally used for pairing

Needs less metal to be made? Easier to carry and conceal? Or do you mean gladius specifically?

/his/
not vidya

Indoors

Are short swords not a thing in video games zozzle

>not vidya
Good, that means we can have constructive discussions on Yas Forums.

>That's not what Polybius and Caesar say.
Yes it is. Polybius was comparing the Roman maniple to the phalanx.

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Better movement in close quarters and can use a shield.
>Have big sword
>Hit the wall or ceiling
>Get killed by a goblin and your waifu is raped

The civilizations where short swords were in common use did not have advanced enough metallurgy to make longer swords that would survive battle. It is only after the discovery and widespread adoption of steel do you see longer swords. That's why the Romans and bronze aged soldiers used shorter swords. Iron and Bronze do not make good long(er) swords. Of course, shorter blades are also easier to use in tight spaces

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It's a good compensation for your tiny penis

Speed and versatility. The blades are less cumbersome to use and generally are able to be used in a wider range of scenario than longblades. Most games won't factor the tighter space that several anons are mentioning, but they will provide speed boosts for short blades (if not slight attack speed reductions for long blades instead). You lose out on a bit of raw destructive power, but that's okay.

In addition, stab damage.

nice thread, /k/.

Polybius makes it very clear that the Romans fought in lose order. According to him each Roman had ample room to act as an individual. He says that each Roman at the MINIMUM had six feet of open space. The training as described by him when he was with Scipio does not include any formation training, but it does include individual martial training. The training provided by Marius later on does not include any sort of formation drill either

The gladius was made out of steel, moron. Even in that picture it's clearly steel. They also had a much longer version of it called the spatha. It was short because it paired well with the scutum.

You understand copper, iron, etc. age refers to TOOLS, not weapons, right?

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One /k/ thread about using melee weapons was against hood nogs was great.

weapons are tools

so are you.

>Of course, shorter blades are also easier to use in tight spaces

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>Polybius makes it very clear that the Romans fought in lose order.
Post the direct source because I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. It sounds like you are confusing open order or gaps between formations with individual combat.

penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Polybius/18*.html

>5 Such being in general and in detail the disposition of the phalanx, I have now, for purposes of comparison, to speak of the peculiarities of the Roman equipment and system of formation and the points of difference in both. 6 Now in the case of the Romans also each soldier with his arms occupies a space of •three feet in breadth, 7 but as in their mode of fighting each man must move separately, as he has to cover his person with his long shield, turning to meet each expected blow, and as he uses his sword both for cutting and thrusting it is obvious that a looser order is required, 8 and each man must be at a distance of at least three feet from the man next him in the same rank and those in front of and behind him, if they are to be of proper use. 9 The consequence will be that one Roman must stand opposite two men in the first rank of the phalanx, so that he has to face and encounter ten pikes, and it is both impossible for a single man to cut through them all in time once they are at close quarters and by no means easy to force their points away, as the rear ranks can be of no help to the front rank either in thus forcing the pikes away or in the use of the sword. 11 So it is easy to see that, as I said at the beginning, nothing can withstand the charge of the phalanx as long as it preserves its characteristic formation and force.