-
century BC, this form of
organisation was
found to be inefficient. In a new
Polybian system,
infantry were
sorted into
classes according to age and experience...
- army of the mid-Republic, also
called the mani****r
Roman army or the
Polybian army,
refers to the
armed forces deplo**** by the mid-Roman Republic, from...
-
Camillan organisational system had been
found to be inefficient.
Under a new
Polybian system,
infantry were
sorted into
classes according to age and experience...
- the "
Polybian" or Mani****r army) was
described by the Gr****
historian Polybius in the mid-second
century BC The
basic military unit of the
Polybian army...
- m**** and
supporting wavering areas of the line. By the time of the
later Polybian system of the 2nd
century BC,
accensi had been
phased out. Velites, light...
-
Triarii (sg.: triarius) ("the
third liners") were one of the
elements of the
early Roman military mani****r
legions of the
early Roman Republic (509 BC...
-
source by
Plutarch when
composing his
Parallel Lives; however, the
original Polybian text is lost. In addition,
Polybius wrote an
extensive treatise entitled...
- BC. The
central feature of the
Roman army of the mid-Republic, or the
Polybian army, was the mani****r
organization of its battle-line.
Instead of a single...
-
Leves (sg.: levis) were javelin-armed
skirmishers in the army of the
early Roman Republic. They were
typically some of the
youngest and
poorest men in...
- 3rd
century BC, this
system was seen to be inefficient.
Under the new
Polybian system the
ranks were no
longer structured by wealth, and
instead by age...
