The benefits of communal living is that it helps you to be more compassionate and understanding to people around you. it also divides up common chores so you don’t have as much to do. i imagine the price of living is also less. some disadvantages are that you wouldn’t have as much privacy and you may not get along with those you live with all the time.
lances and swords. Their lances were long wooden spears with iron or steel points on the ends, used to devastating effect on masses of native foot soldiers. In close combat, a rider would use his sword.