10 Ancient Battle Tactics So Brutal They Were Banned From Every War

10 Ancient Battle Tactics So Brutal They Were Banned From Every War You do not hear them coming. That is the point. Somewhere in the darkness before dawn, while you sleep inside walls you trust, while the fire has burned down to coals and the sentries are fighting the weight of their own eyelids, they are already moving. No drums. No war cries. No formation. Just the sound of careful feet on cold ground, and then the sound of everything coming apart at once. The pre-dawn raid is one of the oldest military tools in human history, and its effectiveness has never really been improved upon, because it does not work on fortifications or armor. It works on the human nervous system.