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Life of a soldie r  **Life of a Roman Soldier** When you are in Rome, there is a big chance that you will meet a soldier, or be enrolled in the army, so you will definitely need to know as much as you can learn about them. I will teach you about roles of army men, responsibilities, and important facts. What were their roles? ** Some skilled fighters became Centurions, or leaders of centuries. A century was 80 men and a centurion. Anyone trained in fighting was a professional soldier. His only job was to fight. In the first century B.C. ordinary men were allowed to join the army and become professional soldiers. No women were allowed to have any army roles. Ever. **

What were the responsibilities? **Once a soldier joined the army, they had to stay in the army for 25 years. Every day during this time, they had to march 20 miles in full armor. They each were responsible for a short sword, throwing spear, and a shield. They carried their own shield, food, and equipment**

Interesting facts: **Centuries of soldiers in battle were called tortoises. They were nicknamed because their overlapped shields looked like a tortoise shell. A battle tactic that they used was marching in lines that used shields as walls and as roofs over the leading soldiers.**

Connection to our society:
 * We have a much more skilled army today, but we have a similar idea. It wasn’t until recently that we allowed women.   ****  We use the same concept of leaders of groups, and we allow each soldier his/her own weapons.

Back to home, Aqueducts, Roman roads, Augustus Ceasar, Colosseum, Life of a soldier, Life of a slave **