PorembaWeponsandtools

Step 3- What types of weapons and tools the army used  The Roman army was one of the fearsest of the ancient times. They used many wepons like javelins, short stabbing swords, bow and arrows, and slings. Almost every person in the army had one or more of the following potection gear: Armor, sheilds, and/or helmets. There ware many different soldiers in the Roman Army such as the legendary soldier, auxilary soldier, calvary man, archer, slinger, centrion, and the standard bearer. The legendary soldier was the most important and had the best wepons, tools, and armor. The auxilary soldier was a foot soldier with a sword and spear. The cavlary man rode on a horse with a sword and spear. The archers had bows and arrows and a sword. Slingers had sling-shot type things with rocks. Centron was another foot soldier with a sword. Finally the standard bearer had a very long spear with a sheild type thing on it. One of the larger weapons they used were giant stair case type things called sieges. The could hold thousads of soldiers and they were made to get over enemy walls and teritory. They also had giant crossbow type things that shot giant arrows. 

 

Many of the wepons the romans used we still use today. They are just modernized. The giant crossbow has been shrunk down to a hand held.

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