• Roman infantry tactics are the theoretical and historical deployment, formation, and manoeuvres of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic...
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    Infantry tactics are the combination of military concepts and methods used by infantry to achieve tactical objectives during combat. The role of the infantry...
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    has media related to Infantry. Light infantry Mechanized infantry in modern times Heavy cavalry Light cavalry Roman infantry tactics, strategy and battle...
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    AD), during which the Roman armed forces underwent numerous permutations in size, composition, organisation, equipment and tactics, while conserving a core...
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    Testudo formation (category Infantry units and formations of ancient Rome)
    Roman military reenactment 17th century depiction by Wenceslaus Hollar 2005 Belize unrest Mesopotamian military strategy and tactics Roman infantry tactics...
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  • citizens serving as legionaries. During the Roman Republic the manipular legion comprised 4,200 infantry and 300 cavalry. After the Marian reforms in...
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    Dolabra (category Ancient Roman tools)
    slaughtering of animals and as an entrenching tool (mattock) used in Roman infantry tactics. In the 1st century CE, at the Battle of Augustodunum, armoured...
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  • function of tactics as a physical one, and can be significantly enhanced by the use of surprise. It has been provided by charging infantry, and as well...
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    Shield wall (section Tactics)
    formation Roman infantry tactics Schiltron Wedge formation Mesopotamian military strategy and tactics Hanson, Victor Davis. The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle...
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    Philip, 'The Fulcum, the Late Roman and Byzantine Testudo: the Germanization of Roman Infantry Tactics?' in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 44.3 (2004)...
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    Commons has media related to Infantry. Heavy cavalry Heavy infantry Light cavalry Line infantry Roman infantry tactics, strategy and battle formations...
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    infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and naval infantry. Other types...
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  • Hastati (category Infantry units and formations of ancient Rome)
    Hastati (sg.: hastatus) were a class of infantry employed in the armies of the early Roman Republic, who originally fought as spearmen and later as swordsmen...
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    Peel (tactic) (category Maneuver tactics)
    BC" (PDF). University College London. Taylor, Michael J. (2014). "Roman Infantry Tactics in the Mid-Republic: A Reassessment". Historia: Zeitschrift für...
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    the measured tactics of engagement for the infantry and by the largely conservative operational strategies employed. The Roman heavy infantry typically was...
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  • Accensi (category Infantry units and formations of ancient Rome)
    Structural history of the Roman military Roman infantry tactics List of Roman army unit types Southern, Pat (2007). The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional...
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    Numeri Maniples Palatini Roman infantry tactics Testudo formation Military equipment Roman military personal equipment Roman siege engines Navy Fleet...
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    (2004). "The Fulcum, the Late Roman and Byzantine Testudo: the Germanization of Roman Infantry Tactics?" (PDF). Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. 44 (3):...
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    Phalanx (category Infantry units and formations of Macedon)
    wall Tercio Hoplite formation in art Pelopidas Point d'appui Roman infantry tactics Roman Legion Sarissa (Ancient Greek: φάλαγξ; plural φάλαγγες, phalanges)...
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    Skirmisher (category Military tactics)
    specifically armed and trained for such low-level irregular warfare tactics. Light infantry, light cavalry, and irregular units often specialize in skirmishing...
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  • Principes (category Infantry units and formations of ancient Rome)
    cavalry.[obsolete source] Ancient Rome portal List of Roman army unit types Roman infantry tactics Southern 2007, p. 90 Southern 2007, p. 89 Penrose 2005...
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    Ballista (category Roman siege engines)
    crossbows (arcus 'bow' + ballista). Roman siege engines Roman military personal equipment Roman infantry tactics Harpax Liddell, Henry George; Scott,...
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    war and, as a result, cavalry tactics have evolved over time. Tactically, the main advantages of cavalry over infantry were greater mobility, a larger...
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  • This is a list of Roman army units and bureaucrats. Accensus – Light infantry men in the armies of the early Roman Republic, made up of the poorest men...
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  • Phoulkon (category Roman tactical formations)
    (2004). "The Fulcum, the Late Roman and Byzantine Testudo: The Germanization of Roman Infantry Tactics?". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 44: 265–326...
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    Roman infantry was inactive during the indecisive fight between the light infantry. Scipio then placed the light infantry behind the heavy infantry and...
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    Norman army consisting of archers, foot soldiers (infantry), and mounted knights (cavalry). One of the tactics used by the Normans was to tempt the English...
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    Ancient Romans; it was developed from an earlier circular formation.[citation needed] In particular, a large infantry square was used by the Roman legions...
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  • writings of Polybius and Livy. A primary source for later Roman military organization and tactics is Epitoma rei militaris (also referred to as De Re Militari)...
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    Oared vessel tactics were the dominant form of naval tactics used from antiquity to the late 16th century when sailing ships began to replace galleys...
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