Roman army

the land. At the age of seven he was taken by the Roman Empire as a hostage to serve the empire conquer new territories. Toruk was trained to be an elite roman soldier. After a few months of brutal battles and harsh training sessions he became the most feared warrior there was in the entire empire, he became known as Toruk the slayer after slaughtering thousands with his sword. Ultimately Toruk became sickening for what he had become and left the army to return home and rule the land that his…

citizens. Though these expectations or obligations inevitably varied, they nevertheless existed and underpinned the fragile nature of society. Among those to most effectively exploit the necessity of order in a civilization, the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire, maintained rule through their own sets of both formal and informal directives.…

and 19th Legions (a legion was around 5,000 soldiers) of the Roman Army, as well as their auxiliaries, were annihilated in the thick forest of Teutoberg in what was then known as Germania. Germania, which laid just beyond the Rhine, was seen by the Romans as being beyond civilization, and inhabited by backwards, uncivilized people: the tribal Germanic peoples. The land beyond the Rhine was full of superstition and myth to the average Roman soldier. Some of the mythological creatures from horror…

myths tell. The Film portrayed the history of ancient Rome and Britain during Arthur reign in the late five century. The Roman Empire was weak and have built Hadrian’s Wall to separating themselves from the ruthless barbarians from northern Britain. The story follows the heroic knight, King Arthur, and his knights of the round table in their journey to become free citizens of the Roman Empire. Yet before they can be free, The Bishop sends them on a mission to retrieve Alecto, the Pope’s favorite…

wore the helmets on their heads that covered their face. The helmets were bronze and covered the entire head with little splits in the helmets. The speculation of the helmet were as if was made to protect during battles, with other warriors. The Roman Army has worn some of these helmets also the helmets were almost impossible for the models to keep them on their face, because it was medal. The medal will burn the warrior’s faces and the sweat from it being so hot will burn their eyes when it…

Fortunately for the Romans, the Romans were able to obtain ballistae as spoils of war after making the Greek city-states a part of the Roman Republic and once again borrowing from the Greeks. Although they took the Greek ballistae as their own, they were not just copycats. The Romans were able to develop them into much smaller versions that were more easily carried and lighter in weight that also had improved accuracy by 25% . This new improved ballista was able to give the Romans an advantage…

It all started 40 years ago, when my small village was visited by a roman general. I lived in Eryx, a city in the west of Sicily. We were about 3 km from the sea. Our city has a grand legend surrounding it, one that involves the great Hercules. I detest that man, but I have to admit he was an incredible fighter. Anyway, the story goes, that after Hercules captured the herd of Geryon, the prize bull escaped. This bull then swam to the island of Sicily. Eryx, the son of Poseidon, was our king at…

present at the battle. In an article by Jonna Lendering, she discusses the four authors, giving some insight and background to their versions. Velleius Paterculus, an officer in the Roman army, wrote an account but his relationship with Tiberius, the future leader, may have resulted in bias. Paterculus wrote Roman History Dedicated to Marcus Vinicius 20 years after the battle and allegedly talked to survivors. Cornelius Tacitus wrote another depiction. Lendering claims he may have written a…

accomplishments are over shaddowed by the extensive meaures she went to when Aeneas left her. Dido was a very powerful woman during her time, she was running Carthage on her own after her huband had died and during her rule Carthage was not poor or in need of an army. Carthage was powerful and were willing to help Aeneas in any way he needed, Dido provided Aeneas with many supplies. However you only get to see small pieces of how powerful her city was while under her rule, because how dare a…

things and its military was one of them. The roman military helped set the precedence of later militaries. Some of the same traits of the roman military was used and is still used in militaries of today. The Roman military was able to conquer most of the known world due to its military strength. Although the roman military was not the largest it was able to things that only a small group of empires had done before. There are a few reasons why the roman military was able to conquer all of the…