Good afternoon, everybody! I would like to present to you this Powerpoint Presentation that I made about the military of Ancient Rome.
Before the 1 st century BC, only men who were property owners and farmers could join the Roman army, but later from the 1 st century BC onward, anybody could join. Soldiers had to stay in the army for at least twenty-five years, then became a Roman citizen.
The Roman army was one of the most organized armies in the ancient world. A Roman army had 30 legions in it. There were five basic ranks in the Roman Army: the Legionarii, the Immunes, the Discentes, the Milites Gregrii, and the Tirones.
There were many kinds of different pieces of armor and weapons for different ranked soldiers in the Roman army. Of all of the pieces of armor and weapons, the most commonly used ones were the gladius, pilum, pugio, hasta, and scutum. Soldiers were also required to wear a belt, which was also called a Cingulum at all times. The scorpio, ballista, onager, and catapulta were artillery weapons used by the soldiers.
Roman soldiers were trained to be well disciplined and fit. Everyday, they had to march for five hours. They also had to do some kinds of physical exercise, group training, and weapon training.
There were many formations that helped the Roman Army defeat their enemies, including the wedge formation, the Zama tactic, the strong right flank formation.
Just as the Roman army’s fighting was very organized, their forts are the same. Some buildings in the Roman army’s forts include barracks, the headquarters, hospital, granary, toilet blocks, and bath houses.
I hope you enjoyed and learned a lot from my Ancient Rome – Military Powerpoint Presentation!
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