User blog comment:Elgb333/Duel of the Beastmasters: Ramses II vs Marcus Aurelius/@comment-3189283-20160517205043

Let's see shall we

Melee

If this was just a weapon on weapon comparison the Gladius would win out because of it's considerably longer blade and while it's iron composition makes it metallurgically inferior as neither are really wearing armour I can't see it having that much of an effect. However the War Chariot allows Ramses to easily stay out of the reach of the Gladius and swoop in with a powerful momentum driven attack which will knock Aurelius clean off his feet in the worst case, killing him in one fell swoop at best.

Edge: Ramses II

Ranged 

A throwing weapon like the Pilum already has it's effectiveness severely hampered in a one on one battle but when you add in a fast moving chariot it makes the chances of Aurelius getting a solid hit almost entirely luck based. Ramses is well known as a proficient archer and his chariot allows him to keep his distance and pepper Aurelius with arrows.

TBC