Why did the Romans use short swords?

The Romans did not use their swords for fencing, they were used with the soldiers in close formation behind a wall of shields. A short sword is required to stab between the gaps in the shield wall. A long sword would have required the soldiers to separate and thus allowing the enemy access to their bodies.

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Why does history remember Cortes?

One may also ask why were the incas so terrified of spanish horses? The Incas were "terrified" by "the firing of the guns and at the horses" (p. 70) because they had never seen such technology, nor had they ever seen horses. Diamond claims that "the Spaniards' superior weapons would have assured an ultimate Spanish victory" (p. 66).

Accordingly, what are aztec weapons?

The Deadliest Weapons of the Aztec Civilisation Obsidian-edged club. The macuahuitl was a wooden weapon somewhere between a club, a broadsword and a chainsaw. Dart gun. Shovel-headed spear. Spear-thrower. Shield. Bow and arrow. Axe. And another question, how did spanish treat the philippines? The Spanish accomplished little in the Philippines. They introduced Catholicism, established a Walled City in Manila but ultimately they were disappointed because they couldn't find spices or gold (gold was only discovered in large quantities after the Americans arrived).

People also ask what if spain did not colonize philippines?

What would have happened if we were not colonized at all? Obviously, there would be no Philippines and no Filipinos (as a people we would be called by another name). As Palatino said, "if it hadn't occupied the islands, the Philippine nation state wouldn't have existed."