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__Roman weapons and__ __supplies__  Aqueducts    Slaves  -  Colosseum  -  Life as a Roman soldier-   Road    Roman weapons and supplies    Home-Emperor In this page of our Roman Survival guide i will be informing you all about what weapons and supplies a Roman soldier would have on their back. I will tell you about what they wore all to what their battle formations were. __** This is what the average roman soldier would Carry  **__ __**Connection to today's society**__ connections to our history are that even today military forces have a standard issue dagger. Another connection to our current time period is that military and police forces use special shields designed like the roman shield. The similarity is the shape. They usually have them constructed of kevlar with a small handle and window for fighting while in cover.
 * 1) The average roman soldier carried a small amount of supplies.
 * 2) They carried two weapons, a long spear called a pillum.
 * 3) A pillum was the Roman soldier's primary weapon.
 * 4) Their secondary weapon was a short sword for stabbing and slashing called a dagger.
 * 5) They formed a phalanx using the spears.
 * 6) They wore a type of armor that was made of overlapping iron bands with a helmet made of metal.
 * 7) Every soldier carried a large rectangular shield called a scutum.
 * 8) The pillum was a long spear which was made with soft iron shafts which generally bend upon impact of the enemy's shield or the ground, which made it impossible to throw back. Or difficult to remove from the shield causing them to drop the shield making them vulnerable to the roman short sword.
 * 9) Every soldier had to carry their own equipment which included a small amount of food and camping equipment.

//__This is a Roman formation that is called a phalanx__//. __This picture shows what a roman soldier would be wearing.__