The Roman Military Machine

Roman soldiers were fighting men, first and foremost. Constant and rigorous training kept them at peak conditions, and ready for action at any time.

In the mid-Republic each Roman legion had an equivalent complement of allied infantry equipped and modeled after the legion and a three times larger complement of cavalry. The army of the Late Republic and Early to Mid-Empire consisted of legionaries and auxiliaries. The auxiliaries were named so after the earlier allied complement, but with structure and equipment differing from the legionaries. They were non-Roman citizens, recruited mostly from the Roman provinces with less pay than the legionaries, but at the end of their service they would be granted Roman citizenship. In the Late Roman army the distinction was between comitatenses, reserve troops and limitanei, border troops.

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[JaegerLeMaserati]

"The shield is designed to protect, while sword is designed to attack" ... thanks for clarifying :)

[argurios25]

@yammaha334 actually, the gladius and pilum were not armour, but weapons. It was scutum, not scrutum, scorpion, not scorpian, onager, not oneger, and the equites, at this time, were the wealthy financial citizens, one rank below senators.

Go back to school?

[KoMDraegast]

@yammaha334

What in heaven's name are you talking about? The Praetorians were the Empire and Republic's elite fighting force and were the direct bodyguards of the Emperor, not some low rank soldier.I suppose you got your information from the game you play.

[blazinforeva]

0:49 they did the testudo wrong, the shield is also meant to cover the sides as well as the front. If the romans did the testudo formation like they did in this video, the soldiers would just get massacred......

[klm4298]

@RyanBrooksby OH FUCKING REALLY?!?!?!

[lalitadityamuktapida]

Roman Legion Vs The British Redcoat Regiment. Who was more feared in their time time? Given equal technology, who would win?

[mrteemumilto]

She behaves like a narcissist

[JuliusCaesar300]

@RyanBrooksby

Obviously he knows that the Empire is over, he is trying to get into character

[GreenGhost494]

@RyanBrooksby

I didnt notice him saying that at any point -.-

[RyanBrooksby]

"our empire"...

He said "our". Doesn't this idiot realize he's not Roman in any way, shape, or form?