Roman Testudo

Roman testudo as seen in Xanten at the "Römerfest", june 17th, 2007...re-enactors from all over Europe.

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• rome
• testudo
• xanten
• römerfest
• legion
• legionary
• legionaries

[elbobbo71]

Ach, da würde ich mich gar nicht drüber aufregen. Dumme Leute machen dumme Sprüche. Und wenn Leute eine solche Veranstaltung besuchen, werden sie sich wohl kaum herablassend darüber auslassen. Also: Ignoranz ignorieren :-)

[elbobbo71]

Werden sie? Ist mir ehrlich gesagt nicht so aufgefallen. Vor allem in den letzten 10 - 15 Jahren gibt es ein reges Interesse an spinnenden Römern...

[hollywoodwerewolf]

And yet if they survived for 25 years they were awarded the Citizenship of Rome which was extremely valuable. If they survived....

[elbobbo71]

Sure. Though occasionally, the heroism of an entire unit would convince the emperor to award them citizenship before the end of their term...

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Would the auxilliaries advance in the same line as the legions or would they take up the second rank or were they cannon fodder?

[elbobbo71]

Cannon fodder. Auxiliaries generally fought at the front of the battles, with the Roman citizen legions either fighting behind them or being held back as reserves for tactical manoeuvres. The auxiliaries faced a greater risk of death because they were always put on the front line, and so were constantly in the thick of the fighting, and their pay was only about a third that of a roman citizen.

[000majorwinters000]

Absolutely incorrect. The testudo's sides were guarded. This is for display so you could see inside of it.

[Coveredfire01]

Imagine how devestating it had to of been to throw that many spears into a unarmored opponent, like the Barbarians for instance. would easily kill one, now imagine hundreds of them flying into the enemy ranks. Ouch

[MrIncredijoe]

@elbobbo71 that's so much bs i can't believe it. Auxilium is translated as help in latin. They were traditionally more like the town guard and watched forts do you really think that the great generals such as Scipio and Julius Caesar wouldnt have put their best men into the fight and they would have put non-proffessionals in.

[MrIncredijoe]

@hollywoodwerewolf don't listen to this guy

[thegeekiestnerd]

No one had shields facing sideways

[jitxra]

i dont know if its just me becuase im in cadets, but you can hear them hum "Left Left Left Right Left Right" over and over to keep in step, would look better if they did proper halts but cant expect much in that armour and with there shields there

[000majorwinters000]

Definitely.

[000majorwinters000]

Well I know the early roman armies adopted the greek hoplite's way of warfare before they used maniples and legions, etc.