Triarii: A Legion Analysis

5. The next 7 centuries, spanning from the fall of Rome to the first Crusade, would be an age of

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Polybius, a Greek commander who spent years on military campaigns with Roman armies in the second century B.C.E. (Hunt, Al., 2012, 160) Polybius venerated the Roman camp but it was army discipline that authentically fascinated him. It was rigorous to the point of inhumanity. Polybius believed the ideal Centurion was instilled with the Core Values of the Arête, the Greek value of competitive individual excellence. This commitment or drive imbues a zealousness of self-sacrifice, accolade, obligation, and a commitment to culminate ones ' life in the accommodation rather than peregrinate home in disgrace. Utilizing this philosophy a committed army, led by Centurions who Rome wanted “not so much to be bold and eager to take risks, but rather to be capable of leadership and steady and solid in character, nor do they want them to initiate attacks and precipitate battle”. (Vegetius, F. 2011, 176) It was prosperous in incrementing Rome 's elevate in a troglodytic time into a more Western Civilization.

The Roman Army’s composition and expansion was one of its greatest strengths as well as one of its more important weaknesses. “Augustus professionalized the military” and by doing so, made the Roman army “a recognized institution of the government (pg. 149). This allowed those who served in the army to receive certain benefits when they retired. For instant, Roman citizens who served could receive land or cash bonus, and noncitizen volunteers who served received Roman citizenship. This made volunteering for the army and attractive opposition.

Sicarii took Masada shortly after and raided the outlying villages for supplies. They were also responsible for raiding the city of Ein Gedi, killing 700 Roman men, women, and children.

A triumvirate is a group of three powerful people who rule an area. The agreement can be written or unwritten. The three people would, theoretically have an equal say on dealing in the territory, in this case, Rome. However, one person usually stood out in the group as the leader. In Ancient Rome, there were 2 triumvirates.

The Romans, having had their phalanxes decimated and their most experienced soldiers exhausted and killed first, quickly understood the inefficiency of such a method of organization. Their next system of placement, inherited from the Samnites, the Romans’ peninsular neighbors, during the Samnite Wars, followed a three-line pattern documented by the Roman historian Polybius and referred to as both the ‘Polybian’ and manipular legion, in which the middle class citizens of approximately 20 years of age formed the front line, called hastati. The 20-30 year olds in the legion were grouped in the second line, and were called principes. The key difference in this formation is in the third line, composed of the oldest and most experienced of the Roman infantry, armed with spears and called triarii, described by Polybius as “always the same” in number across legions (Polybius 2.33).

to six in each legion. Other officers were also called tribunes; as, tribunes of the treasury,

Some scholars, such as Coarelli, theorize that the "scroll" is essentially an artistic variation of a war diary, narrating the contention between the Romans, under the emperor Trajan, and the Dacians, under the ruler Decebalus (Curry). The portrayal of the war is clearly subjective because of the bias towards the Romans; after all, it was the Romans who created it. Although it does depicts war, it is important to note that it also focuses on the ingenuity of the Roman Empire. Since Trajan's Column was erected as a proud reaction to victory of the Romans, nationalism likely caused the sculptors to focus more generally on the greatness of Rome rather than a narrow focus of their triumph over the Dacians.

Throughout history there have been many great armies, however few compare to the great Roman army. The Roman army was the greatest fighting forces of its time and to this day it remains as a model for many armies of modern times. In its time, the Roman army wreaked havoc among its enemies. It was the most feared army of any nation. Only the bravest generals dared to challenge the Romans. The Romans won so many wars due to the fact that they had some of the greatest weapons, generals, and tactics.

Organization and hierarchy have always played an important rule when it comes to warfare. Bernard simply took that in to mind and made it stronger among the Knights Templar. He have it more meaning and heartfelt not only to discipline the brotherhood, but to also give motivation. The members of the Knights Templar were to fight for Christ and strike fear into the enemy, not fight for greed. Meaning that when preparing for battle they would prepare inside by finding God and on the outside arming themselves with steal swords and armor. They were not to wear anything that showed riches such as jewelry or gold armor. They would only take the best horses for battle and would only ride if the master said to do so. The Templars would only fight if told to do so by their masters. If they went off into battle the men were to follow orders based on rank. They were also not to leave their position unless to help another brother. Once the brother was helped, they were to return to their original position. All of this brought a new look onto warfare by medieval society. Yes before there had been order and organization, but the Knights Templar put a new meaning to everything when it came to how to fight and why to fight.(3- reader, rules). This new organization brought to light to the Crusades and changed a lot of the meaning of what the Crusades really stood for. It did not take long for this new order to catch the

Before Augustus came to power, Civil war had ravished the basic principle of the Roman people. Piety, the warning to “fulfil our duties towards our country, our parents, or others connected with us by ties of blood” was undermined by faction. The duty towards country, parents and relatives was less of a bond because faction determined duty rather that Pietas. Thus Rome, a city founded in pietas, was that foundational principle. internal faction undermined the principles of pietas and corrupted its role in the city. Rome needed a moral reform towards pietas; Rome needed a refocus on the roots of the empire, its duty towards its ancestors, and unity based in pietas. Commissioned by Augustus, Virgil constructs the Aeneid so that it portrays the cruciality of pietas by redefining Greek epic heroism to include pietas. Each comparason of aeneas to another greek hero emphasises the pietas within him, showing how he is better because of it and combining the heroism of all the Greek heroes into Aeneas. By doing this, virgil shows that to unify Rome through pietas is to harness Rome’s power. Thus, Virgil reveals to the Romans a virtue which allows the individual Roman citizen embody and partake in the glory of Rome.

Roman weaponry alike their legions were a collection of tools that Romans have refined continuously making them more and more effective. Even though Romans had weapons they created on their own, many of the weapons in their arsenal were adopted from previous foes and refined to make them more effective. A good example of this is the Gladius, a common sword among roman legions almost every person had one was actually a sword from Spain that the Romans found powerful. Other weapons that the Romans took in include the pilum, javelin, ballista, crossbow, and hasta. Some strategies the Romans used were inspired by the strategies of fallen enemies that the commander had seen and could implement correctly. The Idea of the legion itself was originally Greek the Greek hoplites were technically the first part of a legion and when the Romans expanded on it creating the legion it

If you were a member of the auxilium then when you completed your service you would be given Roman citizenship. Therefore, the vast majority of the soldiers in the army were there by choice. This therefore meant that the soldier's morale was kept high and mutinies were rare. A key reason for the army's success was the training the legionaries received.

     Virgil opens the ‘Aeneid’ with the words ARMA virumque cano ( I sing of arms and of men). The central role that war plays in this Roman epic is made apparent from the very first word of the ‘Aeneid’ by the emphatic placing of the word arma at the very beginning of the poem. A fair chunk of Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’ is set on the battle field but its violent and gory descriptions of death and its frequent battles alone cannot make this poem an anti-war poem. Virgil does not merely use the notion of war to further his plot but deals with many types and aspects of war throughout the entirety of his book; mythological wars; recent wars; their effects; their causes; and often one is