- The
maniple is a
liturgical vestment used
primarily within the
Latin Rite of the
Catholic Church, and
occasionally by some Anglo-Catholic and Lutheran...
- Look up
maniple in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Maniple may
refer to:
Maniple (military unit), a
division of a
Roman legion Maniple (vestment), a...
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Maniple (Latin: manipulus; lit. 'a
handful [of soldiers]') was a
tactical unit of the
Roman Republican armies,
adopted during the
Samnite Wars (343–290...
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quickly adapt to
different combat situations. The
cohort replaced the
maniple. From the late
second century BC and
until the
middle of the
third century...
-
Roman Empire, ordo
became a
synonym of
centuria (in 4 BC it was used for a
maniple). Ten
contuberniums formed a century,
composed of 80 legionaries. Commanding...
- phalanx. By the
early third century BCE, the
Roman army
would switch to the
maniple system,
which would divide the
Roman army into
three units, hastati, principes...
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Velites did not form
their own units; a
number of them were
attached to each
maniple of hastati,
principes and triarii. They were
typically used as a screening...
- 120 (or
sometimes 60) men
called '
maniples could manoeuvre more
independently on the battlefield.
Thirty maniples arranged in
three lines with supporting...
-
pontifical M****. It is very
similar to, but
somewhat broader than, the
maniple in form and nature. The
vestment is
approximately 55
centimeters (22 inches)...
- the
republican era, a
legion was
divided into
three lines, each of ten
maniples. In the late
Republic and much of the
imperial period (from
about 100 BC)...
