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- 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...
- source by Plutarch when composing his Parallel Lives; however, the original Polybian text is lost. In addition, Polybius wrote an extensive treatise entitled...
- Camillan organisational system had been found to be inefficient. Under a new Polybian system, infantry were sorted into classes according to age and experience...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- years of service in the cavalry between the ages of 17 and 46. in the Polybian legion. Equites originally provided a legion's entire cavalry contingent...
- 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...