Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco, where Roman citizens had suffered the humiliation of being forced to pass under the yoke, an act symbolising their loss of warrior status, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman army underwent a radical change. Introduced as part of the Servian reforms, the legion had originally operated as a Greek-style phalanx, a densely packed block of citizens wealthy enough to outfit themselves with the full panoply of an armoured spearman or hoplite. The function of a hoplite had been the privilege only of those who owned a certain amount of property, poor Roman Republican Legionary 298 - 105 BC - Nic Fields od authora Nic Fields a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Nic Fields |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
64 |
Rok vydání |
2012 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Osprey Publishing |