User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/Edward of Woodstock vs. Flavius Belisarius/@comment-2213439-20110803151604/@comment-2006360-20110803154148

To clear things up:

Close: The HaaH Sword is 3 1/2 feet, while the spatha is only 3.

Medium Melee: The Kontos can be used on horseback (each general will be on horse, everyone else on foot)

Long: The longbow has longer range, about 350 feet, while the reflex bow works for about 200.

Siege: I was inspired by that episode to make a siege battle. The catapult will, however, prove possibly deadlier as a counter-siege weapon.

X-factor: Edward's age will be 26, his age during Poitiers, so he will have been fighting for 12 years, while Belisarius is 48 and has been fighting for about 30 years. However, he started fighting at an older age than Edward.