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Roman History
Military History Rome Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legion | A large military unit composed of about 4,200 infantry and 300 cavalry. They were divided into three successive line of ten maniples. One legion had three lines of ten cohorts |
| Triples Acies | The typical order that the maniple were deployed in with the hastate in the front row, the principes in the second row and the triarii in the third row. |
| Hastati | position-firstRank- relatively poordefense- light armor and large shieldpurpose- break enemy formation (threw pilums)Weapon- Pilum |
| Principes | Position- secondRank- fairly wealthyDefense- good quality armor and large shield(heavy infantry)Purpose- Break enemy formation (used gladius)Weapon- Gladius |
| Triarri | Position- thirdRank- wealthydefense- heavy metal armor and large shieldsPurpose- Finish off enemy (were not usually needed) |
| Cohort | A unit of 480 men. |
| Century | A group of foot soldiers comprising of groups of about 60-70 Italian farmers led by a skilled centurion. Two centuries fought together in a maniple |
| Centurian | Led the century |
| Maniple | A subdivision of the legion, each line had ten independent maniples. Three maniples make one cohort of one line. |
| Scutum | A large, rectangular, semi-circular shield used by legionaries in Ancient Rome |
| Pilum (Pila) | A heavy javelin used by legionaries in battle as a short-range shock weapon. It had a pyramidal iron head on a long iron shank, fastened to a wooden shaft. |
| Gladius | A long-pointed, double edged Iberian weapon which they called the “Spanish swords.” |
| Corvus | it was a wooden device that allowed one ship to latch onto another ship and keep the two connected by the wooden mini-land bridge. Changed the tide in the Second Punic War |
| Numidians | Numidia provided some of the highest quality cavalry of the Second Punic War, and the Numidian cavalry played a key role in a number of battles, both early on in support of Hannibal and later in the war after switching allegiance to the Roman Republic. |
| Velites | They were typically used as a screening force, driving off enemy skirmishers and disrupting enemy formations with javelin fire before retiring behind the lines to allow the heavier armed hastati to attack. |
| Fabian Tactics | To “win like Fabius” or to win by “Fabian tactics” is to wear out an opponent by delay and evasion rather than confrontation, in the style of the ancient Roman general Fabius. |
| Envelopment | An offensive maneuver in which the main attacking force passes around or over the enemy's principal defensive positions to secure objectives to the enemy's rear. |
| Laagar formation | a defensive formation used by travelers; a laager was formed by drawing wagons into a circle and placing cattle and horses on the inside as protection from raiders or nocturnal animals |
| foederati | a Foederatus identified one of the tribes bound by treaty (foedus), who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship (civitas) but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose, thus were allies. |
| Ballista | ancient missile launcher designed to hurl javelins or heavy balls. Ballistas were powered by torsion derived from two thick skeins of twisted cords through which were thrust two separate arms joined at their ends by the cord that propelled the missile. |
| Testudo (Tortoise) | In the testudo formation, the men would close up all gaps between each other and grab their shields at the sides |
| The Gallic Wars | The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from 58 BC to 51 BC. |
| The Punic Wars | The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC[1], and were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient world.[2] They are known as the Punic Wars because the Latin term for Carthaginian was Punici |
| Triumvirate | The term triumvirate (from Latin, "of three men") is commonly used to describe a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals. The arrangement can be formal or informal, and though the three are usually equal on paper. |
| Who made up the first triumvirate | Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, Marcus Licinius Crassus |
| Who made up the Second Triumvirate | Octavian, Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus |
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