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If you want history, be realistic. Charlemagne was 300 YEARS after the fall of Rome, and Rome's entire culture was annihilated by barbarians, who burned almost all the records they found.

The products of Numenor, on the other hand, survived in Gondor and Arnor immediately after it's fall. The Gondorians would have continued to use this weapon after the Atalante because it worked. The culture and practices of Numenor survived, unlike Rome.

After Macedon conquered Greece, they did not phase out the Phalanx.