Gary Brueggeman's The Roman Army

The Legion Formation

This entry was posted on October 30, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

Considering that the Roman army was arguably the greatest military force the world has known, that pretty good eyewitness descriptions have come down to us... Read more

Introduction to a New Model

This entry was posted on October 27, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

The new infantry model At about the same time that I first developed The Roman Army web page Adrain Goldsworthy's book, The Roman Army At... Read more

Attacking the marching column

This entry was posted on May 12, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

Introduction "Getting there is half the fun" would not describe the Roman army's experience. Army travel was brutally hard work. In the previous pages the... Read more

A day's march

This entry was posted on April 17, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

This page is an attempt to reconstruct a 'typical' day's march for the army. Before showing the marching column there are a few basic considerations... Read more

The order of march

This entry was posted on April 16, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

The order in which the various units moved is uncertain. Delbrück, who devoted over 600 pages of his 4-volume work on the History of Warfare... Read more

March: the whole army

This entry was posted on April 8, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

In the previous section the elements that would constitute a single legion were explored. When several legions were assembled into an army there would be... Read more

March: noncombatants and legion baggage

This entry was posted on April 7, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

Scribes In addition the legion would have scribes to keep its records and accounts. I have found no sources that give an estimate of the... Read more

March: the legion components

This entry was posted on April 3, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

The next several sections describe the men, animals and equipment that were associated with the legion; that is, the numbers of these units were more... Read more

The March - basics

This entry was posted on April 1, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

Roads The Roman roads were constructed for military purposes.  It is obvious that, whenever possible, the army moved along the roads.  Therefore the width of... Read more

Equipment

This entry was posted on March 31, 2020 by Gary Brueggeman.

Sections Standards Some of the types of standards used by the Roman army are shown in this illustration. The top part of the illustration shows... Read more