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__**Soliders’ Weapons**__

Coliseum Roads Aquaducts Nero Soldiers Merchants Home In the early years of the Roman Empire they used a battle formation called a Phalanx.  ·   In the Phalanx they used long spears  ·   They also used round shields Later they used a formation called a [|maniple].  ·   In a maniple they used smaller oval shields  ·   They used a spear called a pilum; it was made to stick into an enemy shield High ranking officials had special [|equipment]  ·   They wore a silver helmet to celebrations  ·   Richer soldiers might have chain mail Every solider had armor.  ·   The armor was called lorica sigmantia  ·   It was strips of metal tied together with strips of leather  ·   They also wore cuirasses which were front and back plates

The Roman army’s maniple was like a company of soldiers in a modern army