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began. Before battle, measures were taken to ensure legionaries were as effective as possible. These included giving legionaries their meals and resting them before the battle. Their commanders and general would also give speeches during this time. These speeches would heavily emphasize the amount of
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required a knowledge of writing. During the Later Republic, Roman legionaries predominantly came from the areas surrounding Rome. However, as Rome expanded, recruits began to come from other areas in Italy. Slowly, recruits came from the regions where the legions were stationed rather than from Italy
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from emperors either to secure a legion's loyalty or to award them after a successful campaign. Plunder and loot also supplement a legionary's income and is used as a large incentive for soldiers to follow their emperor in campaigns. At the end of their years of service, Roman legionaries received a
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L'armĂ©e romaine dite ‹ post-marienne â€ş est un mirage historiographique. Elle n'a jamais existĂ© que dans l'esprit des spĂ©cialistes modernes ... En ce sens, l'armĂ©e de citoyens pauvres Ă  laquelle l'historiographie moderne a coutume d'attribuer une responsabilitĂ© dĂ©cisive dans la crise et la
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is also a term used for members of various military forces which have been accorded the title of "legion", although bearing no resemblance to the heavy infantry of ancient Rome. In the 18th and early 19th century this designation was sometimes accorded to units which comprised both mounted and foot
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One of the goals for strong disciplinary training was to expel fear from a Roman soldier. Fear, and the panic that often follows, is a devastating force to an army on the battlefield. The Romans aimed to remove fear through strict physical and mental training. However, a different fear was used to
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and Marius were attributable to a single reform event. This belief was spread relatively uncritically and was accepted as largely proven by the 1850s and through much of the 20th century. There is, however, little ancient evidence for any permanent or significant change to recruitment practice in
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and hit the soldiers behind them. Even if the pila failed to pierce the shields, the neck of the javelin would bend, making the shield useless. This then made the enemy vulnerable to missile fire and legionary attack. The disruption and damage wrought by pila would then be followed by the
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Roman legionaries served as a source of labor and expertise as well. As such, much of the infrastructure which connected the empire was built by legionaries. Roads, canals, and bridges were built by legionaries as well as more defensive structures such as fortresses and walls.
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onward, the Roman legionary gradually lost his preeminence. Though there were multiple causes for this decline, all pointed to the gradual degradation of loyalty and/or discipline. Septimus Severus, perhaps unwittingly, began this decline when he lavished his legionaries with
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Other reforms to the army's operations and equipment, said to have been implemented by Marius, are also largely rejected by scholars. Few of them have any basis in the ancient and archaeological evidence. Others are wrongly dated or misattributed. Changes in the
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for 25 years of service, a change from the early practice of enlisting only for a campaign. Legionaries were expected to fight, but they also built much of the infrastructure of the Roman Empire and served as a policing force in the provinces. They built large
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projects, such as walls, bridges, and roads. The legionary's last five years of service were on lighter duties. Once retired, a Roman legionary received a parcel of land or its equivalent in money and often became a prominent member of society.
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and pay increases, recognising that they were his key to becoming and staying emperor. However, this proved detrimental to the discipline of the legionaries, as they began to expect more and more rewards from their emperors. Under
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Though there were many different formations that legionaries fought in, they tended toward close, ordered formations with gaps between formations. These gaps would allow for reserve units to enter battle or serve as avenues for
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so that soldiers swore allegiance only to the emperor, and not to the general. Thus, Augustus managed to end the civil wars which defined the late Roman Republic and created an army that was broadly loyal to only the emperor.
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in 107, 104–100, and 86 BC). The most important of those putative changes concerned the altering of the socio-economic background of the soldiery. Other changes were supposed to have included the introduction of the
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Large armies would generally not begin battle immediately upon meeting. Rather, days or even weeks of redeployment and negotiation would take place before battle. Several days of maneuvering occurred before the
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Marius' time. The occurrence of such a comprehensive reform led by Marius is no longer widely accepted by specialists; 21st-century scholars have called the reforms a "construct of modern scholarship".
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and legionaries. This, coinciding with the continued expansion of the Roman army, meant recruits of more dubious standards joined the legions, decreasing the quality of the Roman legionary further.
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plunder and riches that winning the battle would give the legionaries, as this was a primary incentive for the legionaries to do battle. Light skirmishing would then take place, with cavalry and
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became essential to respond to the varied challenges to the empire. Because of this, Roman heavy infantry faded further from dominance. By the 4th century, Roman infantry lacked much of the
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The army actively sought out recruits with useful skills such as smiths, carpenters, and butchers. Though not required, literacy was useful since promotion to higher ranks such as
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The Roman scutum ranged all the way from flat and oval to curved and rectangular as shown in the image above. The metal boss in all Roman scuta gave them an offensive capability.
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as defensive equipment but also as an offensive weapon. Legionaries would have used this iron boss to punch and shove the enemy combatants. Accompanying this was the
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Belief in a comprehensive scheme of reforms under Marius emerged in 1840s German scholarship, which posited that any changes in the Roman army between the times of
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was given to legionaries who saved a comrade in battle. However, death was the punishment for a variety of different offenses. Those who committed cowardice and
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forces to retreat back behind the legionaries. During lulls in the battle, wounded soldiers could further be taken back behind battle lines through these gaps.
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After the military reforms of Emperor Claudius (circa 41 AD), each legion would also be requisitioned a certain number of artillery pieces. Each
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had various different designs, they all shared a large metal boss in the center of the shield. This allowed the legionary to not only use the
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motivate a soldier in spite of the fear of battle; that was the fear of harsh punishment by their commanding officers. In the words of
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detachments. At its height, Roman legionaries were viewed as the foremost fighting force in the Roman world, with commentators such as
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the standard belonged to. As such, standard bearers served as someone to rally around and as someone to exhort legionaries to battle.
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Though the legionary was first and foremost a soldier, he provided a variety of other critical functions. Lacking a professional
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class were found in the Roman legions. Indeed, the army served as one of the few avenues of upward mobility in the Roman world.
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was the base of the army's success, and the soldiers were relentlessly and constantly trained with weapons and especially with
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did occur, but appear to have happened later than at the end of the 2nd century BC. Rather, these shifts were during the
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where festivals and animal displays were held. However, legionaries were not allowed to legally marry until the reign of
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would fight alongside legionaries under their command, serving as a role model for his legionaries to remain in combat.
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to death by their comrades. On very rare occasions when a whole unit displayed cowardice, the unit might be
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would use legionaries to keep the peace and protect critical facilities. As the Roman empire lacked a large
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and the elimination of non-eagle standards. Both ancient claims are disproved by archeological evidence.
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gave Roman legionaries a sense of pride and kept them fighting on the battlefield. The standard bearers,
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L'armée imaginaire: les soldats prolétaires dans les légions romaines au dernier siècle de la République
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Other than army recruitment, the only two changes attributed to Marius directly are a redesign of the
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Gauthier, François. "The transformation of the Roman army in the last decades of the Republic". In
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praising their fighting effectiveness centuries after the classical Roman legionary disappeared.
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in a coin minted by Gaius Fundanius in 101 BC. He triumphed due to his victory in the
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The Roman soldier underwent especially rigorous training throughout his military career;
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would force legionaries fleeing from battle back into formation. Leading at the front,
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first as they approached the enemy army. These pila could often penetrate enemy
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When on the march in hostile territory, the legionary would carry or wear full
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chute de la République romaine s'apparente, en fait, à une armée imaginaire.
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Though Roman legionaries were predominantly made up of volunteer citizens,
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the native population and helped integrate the disparate regions of the
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were constructed and many grew into towns. These fortresses contained
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components. More recently the title has been used by the French
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per year. This was increased to 300 denarii during the reign of
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fought, slept, ate, and trained together. This strong sense of
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Permanent Roman forts would contain hospitals, where doctors (
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Legionaries would expand Rome's borders to include lower
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The Roman legionary's three principal weapons were the
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probing enemy lines before a pitched battle commenced.
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753 BC
AD 476
Structural history
Army

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