My boss, Caesar, has the right philosophy on guns in war in my opinion. War should be fought by recruits with melee weapons, who advance to better weapons as they progress through the ranks.
Okay, so by your standards the Roman empire was lizard brain. With their aqueducts, indoor plumbing, and concrete techniques that we can't replicate today.
It ancient times it was hand to hand combat. You had to kill a dude face to face. Sometimes that dude would kill hundreds of people in a battle.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gvdb_rqGIac
84 Rhodesian Light Infantry against 5,000 zimbabwe machete niggers. The result?
0 Rhodesians dead or wounded, approx 2,000 moon crickets splattered against their windshield.
The retarded niggers all had guns, but the Selous Scouts were trained, skilled, and experienced with theirs. Hence, that hilarious battle result.