Essays Tagged: "Roman legion"
The essay is on the training of the Roman armies and there place in socity. With Bibliograph.
During the Roman Empire its army was considered almost unconquerable. They became a feared force known to be we ... ment and weaponry while the fifth class did not carry armor and only carried a sling.(Watson 77)The Roman army carried standards. Standards were tall poles topped with various symbols; these symbols c ... oroughly. All new recruits were men with no exceptions to the rule, women were never allowed in the Roman armies. Usually the "peasants are most fit to carry arms for they from their infancy have been ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Some say the fall of rome was due to barbarian invaders. yet its been said that the problem lay in the struggle inside the empire. how did rome fall internally?
ere are many pieces of writing containing facts and inferences about the reasons of the fall of the Roman Empire. After reading selections from a number of writings on this topic, it is somewhat clear ... a number of writings on this topic, it is somewhat clear what the main reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire were. It was fundamentally due to over taxation, inflation, fear, the sheer size of the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Essay: The roman Army
The Greek PhalanxThe early Roman army, however, was a different thing altogether than the later imperial army.At first, under t ... al army.At first, under the Etruscan Kings, the massive Greek phalanx was the mode of battle. Early Roman soldiers hence must have looked much like Greek hoplites.A key moment in Roman history was the ... cavalry were drawn from leading citizens who were enrolled as equestrians (equites).All in all the Roman army consisted of 18 centuries of equites, 82 centuries of the first class (of which 2 centuri ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Teutoburg Forest
languages. If you notice a majority of the eastern European countries, their languages are called "romance" languages, due to their bases off of the Latin language. If you look at countries in the ea ... the process of change. He not only gave orders to the Germans as if they were actual slaves of the Romans, but also levied money from them as if they were subject nations. These were demands they wou ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Roman Army
From early times right down to the 3rd century A.D, the Roman army was based on its legions. A legion varied in strength from 4,000 to 6,000 men, and was di ... alled centurions, who varied greatly in rank. The soldiers of the legion were picked, they were all Roman citizens and received a higher pay than the auxillary troops, {that is, foreigners who serve w ... ers who serve with the Roman army}.A legion contained heavily armored infantry (foot soldiers). The Roman infantry became a feared force, well disciplined and well trained. Their weapons were two pila ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Spartacus- Movie Review WITH SOME EXTRAS
about a slave who was trained to become a gladiator along with other slaves. Unfortunately for the Romans, he had become too good of a fighter. He was one of the best fighters amongst the gladiators. ... ea so they can return home, on their way they gather any other slaves that would like to get out of Roman control. For the first time power had been in the hands of the roman slaves, and this frighten ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Roman battle techniques
two javelins (pilum) and a shield (scuta)When confronting an enemy in battle, the structure of the roman advance was to have the legion's soldiers in a line marching forward with their shields raised ... s ready for action once the infantry had played their part.The main plan of attack would be for the Romans to position themselves at the top of a rise, thereby forcing the enemy to run up the slope to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Julius Cesar
Julius Cesar was a general in the Roman army, he lived from 58 to 51BC in finally conquering Gaul Ancient France. Cesar used his victo ... hased all of his father's traitors and eventually killed his brother. He soon became Emperor of the Roman Empire.Each roman army was divided into quarters, Centuries about one hundred people in a Legi ... orders to the Centurions.The weapons they had were swords, shields, and pilas short Javelins. Rich Roman citizens could afford up to 300 cavalry in each Legion.When they organized a camp, the first t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Gladius- Research a typically Roman weapon, find out how they used it, and compare it with Rome, and what the other civilizations of the same era used as it's equivalent.
much linked to the culture that used it just as the other weapons that are mentioned above are. The Romans that it is linked with weren’t the first to make the weapon. Nor were they the first to ... with the sword they developed, they didn’t develop it to it’s full potential. It was the Romans who grasped the idea with two hands, and with a few innovative modifications, made it into a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
S.P.Q.R.
saw, I conquered, a quote ushered forth by the late Julius Caesar, long time dictator of Rome. The Roman Legion, the ultimate military machine of the ancient world, was the catalyst that spread Roman ... talyst that spread Roman conquest and civilization throughout the known world. Nowhere else did the Roman talent for organization and assimilation show itself so clearly as in its army. The Romans had ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Why was the Roman Army so Successful?
Why was the Roman Army so Successful?The legions of Rome were one of the biggest factors in Rome's success as an ... nd especially as they fought as a unit and not as individuals, as many tribes did.The swords of the Roman Legionaries were different to many people at the time. This figure shows a sword, or gladius, ... ow, so that it could fit between small gaps between shields in the close formations favoured by the Romans, and also so that it could easily slide between the ribs, reaching the internal organs and ma ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Historically the date given for the beginning of the Roman Empire is 27 BC when the Roman Senate gave Gaius Octavius the name Augustus and he became the ... ean world. Rome had first expanded into other parts of Italy and neighboring territories during the Roman Republic, but made wider conquests and solidified political control of these lands during the ... onomy and astrology, and cultural elements from Persia, Egypt, and other eastern civilizations. The Romans provided their own peculiar style of government, law, and architecture and spread their Latin ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History