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The Imperial army’s skirmish position
This entry was posted on March 26, 2020.
The following schematic shows two post-Marian armies of four legions each with thin lines of skirmishers deployed in front of each army. In the post-Marian... Read more -
The Republican army’s skirmish position
This entry was posted on March 25, 2020.
The following schematic shows two pre-Marian armies of four legions each with thin lines of skirmishers deployed in front of each army. In the early ... Read more -
The skirmishers
This entry was posted on March 24, 2020.
Veles, funditor and sagittarius Three types of skirmishers are shown in this drawing. The first three figures are velites used in the early republic. They... Read more -
Model of the charge
This entry was posted on March 23, 2020.
Model of the charge of an individual in the first rank This drawing requires some explanation. It is a time and distance graph of the... Read more -
Elements of the charge
This entry was posted on March 20, 2020.
The model of what the charge of the legion may have looked like is based on three fundamental building blocks. They are: how fast did... Read more -
Trajectory calculator
This entry was posted on March 20, 2020.
The fundamental formulas for the parabolic path of a missile can be entered into an Excel spreadsheet to product a Trajectory Calculator. The actual spreadsheet... Read more -
Description of the century and maniple
This entry was posted on March 19, 2020.
The configuration for the century most frequently given is an arrangement of 10 files and 6 ranks with the files on 0.9m (3’) intervals and... Read more -
The spacing of individual soldiers
This entry was posted on March 18, 2020.
There is an ongoing question of the spacing required by legionaries. Vegetius says that each soldier required 1.83m (6’) of space. Most texts describe the... Read more -
Alternative to gaps: The articulated phalanx
This entry was posted on March 17, 2020.
Hans Delbrück presents a detailed analysis of the question of gaps in the line. He believes that the description in Livy should be regarded as... Read more -
The Republican army’s skirmish position
This entry was posted on March 16, 2020.
The following schematic shows two pre-Marian armies of four legions each with thin lines of skirmishers deployed in front of each army. In the early ... Read more
