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Gary Brueggeman's The Roman Army
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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 -
Alternatives to gaps: closing and re-opening them
This entry was posted on March 12, 2020.
Peter Connolly, in his book Greece and Rome at War, describes how the legion closed the gaps between units by having the rear centuries move... Read more -
Gaps in the formation
This entry was posted on March 11, 2020.
Following Livy and Polybius, many authors describe a legion formation with gaps between the maniples or cohorts equal to the width of the unit itself... Read more -
Legion formations
This entry was posted on March 10, 2020.
The Earliest Army The earliest Roman army is usually described as composed of about 1,000 men per tribe drawn in 100 man levies. The soldiers... Read more -
Introduction
This entry was posted on March 8, 2020.
Purpose The Roman Legion represented a unique tactical formation that proved superior to all other ancient armies. Among the elements that contributed to is superiority... Read more
