Roman Conquested

The Roman's Army:

Introduction:

In the Roman army, the men was allowed only, no women was allowed in the army. The soldiers need to be more than 20 years old to join the army, and the soldiers also need to be from Rome.

The Roman Legion

A legion is the unit of 4,000 -- 6,000 men in the Roman army, called legionaries. There was about 30 legios. Each legion had ten cohort, and each cohort was made up of six troops of about 80 legionaries, called centuries. Each century was led by a centurion. A centurion would carry a short rod and used it to hit the soldiers that disobeyed him.

Training

Part of the army's training was a twenty Roman miles march, and it need to be finish by 5 hours. By carrying a full pack of weapons, shield, foods, a cooking pot and a short spade, along with their personal kit. The Roman soldiers also had to train every morning with wooden swords, spears and shields that were purposely much heavier than those they used in battle.

Roman's Formation

There are many formations for the Roman army:

The Tortoise (Testudo) :

This was the famous formation for

the Roman's army. This formation

was used to protect the soldeirs

from in front and sides attack. The

soldeirs infront would put their shields

infront, the back row would put their

shield up above, and the soldiers that

stay at the side would put their shield

facing the side way.

The Sarissa:

This Sarissa formation was also known as the pike formation. It is used in the early 3,000 B.C.. The tight formation of the phalanx will created a "wall of spikes." The spike was very long that there were fully five rows of pikes in front of the front rank of men, even if an enemy got past the first row, there were still four more to stop him.