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Links: Home , Entertainment , Weapons and Supplies of a Roman Soldier    Construction and use of Roman Roads,   Aqueducts, Slavery, Augustus Caesar The Weapons and Supplies of a Roman Soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">You are walking in your armor, ready for anything. You are a Roman soldier and you have just gone into battle. As a soldier you are constantly fighting for your life. This page is about what a Roman soldier would be carrying around in order to defend himself. 1.  The Roman army used the style of Infantry as their fighting style. 2.  This fighting style was determined by metallurgy and trained soldiers. 3.  Rome was one of the few that used armor and steel weapons. 4.  The major weapons were blades (daggers,axes, and swords) and pole arms (spears, spikes, and javelins). 5.  A pugio was a small dagger used by Roman soldiers. 6.  It generally had a large leaf shaped blade that was usually about 18 to 20 centimeters long and five centimeters or more in width. 7.  Another weapon a Roman soldier had was a bow. 8.  A type of armor the Romans used a type of chain mail called Loritica hamata. 9.  The armor used by the Romans was very heavy and hard to move around in; now modern people are findi<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ng ways to make armor lighter and easier to maneuver in. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">10. Some modern weapons that have been influenced by Ancient Roman weapons are catapalts.