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 **R** **  oman Army **  ** ** The Roman Army is a success building on the ideas of others and strict pride and order. Many weapons and tactics are deprived of other countries that are conquered and are custom fitted together. For example the Roman sword was a combination of Spanish, Greek and other civilization’s ideas. Did you know that recently Romans accidentally discovered high carbon steel making their swords a better fighting tool? Most other tools are reverse engineered weapons of our enemies. Early Roman strategies include the phalanx used by Alexander but later evolved our own such as the tortoise (a fortress of shields that no arrows could penetrate but Romans could fight from the inside). The average solider carries a deadly short sword and a dagger as a secondary weapon. When in battle a legionary plated torso armor and leggings also there is a crotch sheath. Not too mention for other forms of protection they have some sort of shield plus a dual sided helmet. Finally to increase maneuverability the army was arranged in to centuries (60 men) then Maniple (2 centuries) followed by Legions which were 4000 to 6000 men.
 * (Be careful …. the Roman Army isn’t all it seems to be, there are meager wages and food. Also you have to serve for 25 years. The choice is up to you.)

Much like today soliders have a primary weapons such as a rifle or short sword and then a secondary weapon such as a pistol or in the Romans case a dagger. Also like to today solider are arranged in sections such as squads (centuries) then companies (maniple) finally a battalion (legions). **



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