The Italic family has two known branches:Latino-Faliscan, including:Faliscan, which was spoken in the area around Falerii Veteres (modern Civita Castellana) north of the city of Rome and possibly Sard ...
The Equites (aka Latin: ordo equester, sometimes called "knights" in modern times because of the involvement of horses) constituted the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking b ...
Velites (singular: veles) were a class of infantry in the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Velites were light infantry and skirmishers who were armed with a number of light javelins (Latin: hastae veli ...
Triarii may have evolved from the old first class of the army under the Etruscan kings. The first class comprised the richest soldiers in the legion who were equipped with spears, breastplates and lar ...
Principes appear to have been born remnants of the old third class of the army under the Etruscan kings when it was reformed by Marcus Furius Camillus. The second class stood in some of the first few ...
Hastati appear to have been remnants of the old third class of the army under the Etruscan kings when it was reformed by Marcus Furius Camillus. The third class stood in some of the last few ranks of ...
Aside from the rank and file legionary (who received the base wage of 10 asses a day or 225 denarii a year), the following list describes the system of officers which developed within the legions from ...
Overview of typical organization strength Because legions were not standing units until the Marian reforms (c. 107 BC), and were instead created, used, and disbanded again, several hundred legions we ...
The manipular system was adopted at around 315 BC, during the Second Samnite War. The rugged terrain of Samnium where the war was fought highlighted the lack of manoeuvrability inherent in the phalanx ...
The exact time when hoplitic warfare was developed is uncertain, the prevalent theory being that it was established sometime during the 8th or 7th century BC, when the "heroic age was abandoned and a ...
The militia was transformed into the Special Reserve by the military reforms of Haldane in the reforming post 1906 Liberal government. In 1908 the militia infantry battalions were redesignated as "res ...
Militia derives from Latin roots:miles /mi?les/ : soldier-itia /i?tia/ : a state, activity, quality or condition of beingmilitia /mil:i?tia/: Military serviceThe word militia dates back to at least ...
Main article: MonacoThe Principality of Monaco is an independent city-state. Monaco-Ville (the ancient fortified city) and Monaco's well-known area Monte Carlo are districts of a continuous urban zone ...
The development of the Roman army was divided into eight phases.Early Roman army (to c. 300 BC) The Early Roman army of the Roman kingdom and of the early republic (to c. 300 BC). During this period, ...
Main article: Roman army of the mid-RepublicAltar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman late 2nd Century BC; the altar shows two infantrymen equipped with long scuta and a cavalryman with his horse. All are ...
