Hi again, Mr. Cornwell. In a February 22nd posting, Alec Davis asked your opinion on what post-Roman armies could have beaten the Roman legions. In my opinion, if the Romans had come up against a force of English longbowmen from the 100 Years War, they would have been slaughtered. The longbow shafts would have gone through their shields and armor like it were tissue paper, and the Roman cohorts would not have been able to maintain formation under such devastating volleys. Once they broke and ran, a charge of mounted knights of the 100 Years War period, both men and horses clad in full plate armor, would have finished them off. Alan Kempner