User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/King of Kings Round 1: Julius Caesar vs Oda Nobunaga/@comment-5795750-20131118003335

BG1's "Ave" Edges

Short: I might actually have to give this to the katana since as Cfp said its the more versatile and longer sword made of a stronger and more durable material; I would actually extend that last point then to mean that it should be able to penetrate the Roman scutum (contrary to what people here might believe, the scutum is mostly made of wood and not not steel) and Roman body armour deep enough to inflict wounds or break bones or something along those lines

EDGE: Nobunaga

Medium: Yari wins out here since it is longer than the Hasta, is made out of steel and has three prongs

EDGE: Nobunaga

Long: I guess that every time someone uses a Roman warrior they now have to include the arcus bow... wow did I set a trend as soon as I introduced the weapon to you guys (I'd rather have chosen the pilum actually but oh well). Anyways, the edge here goes to yumi since yes Romans were not very well known as archers but when they did use the arcus, it was only used en masse; besides the yumi is a more improved version of the composite bow which the arcus bow was

EDGE: Nobunaga

Tactics: So according to what happened at the Battle of Alesia, the Roman key to success was by entrapping the enemy and then cutting off their supply lines while the Battle of Okehazama demonstrated Oda's ability to strike when the enemy has let their guard down. Out of the tactics I will have to say that deception triumphs over engineering since the latter takes perhaps longer time than deceptively sneaking around the enemy

EDGE: Nobunaga

Overall Winner: Oda Nobunaga should take this albeit with some difficulty - Caesar and his men might have steel armour and that large shield but his weaponry is of inferior quality compared to Oda's (especially given Oda's sweep of the weapon edges) and his tactic of constructing defences to cut off supply routes only works when there are large armies - Oda's samurai with their tactics and stealth work much better than Caesar's centurions both individually and as a group. In short Oda wins this because of superior tactics and weaponry.