Transcript Roman Army Mattiax - Bramber Primary School

LIFE AS A ROMAN SOLDIER
ONLY MEN OVER THE AGE OF 20 WERE ABLE TO BECOME ROMAN
SOLDIERS, AND ONCE THEY ADOPTED THEIR ROLE, THEY WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO MARRY UNTIL THEIR SERVICE ENDED 16 YEARS LATER.
IN ORDER TO PRESENT A FORMIDABLE FRONT TO THEIR OPPONENTS,
ROMAN SOLDIERS UNDERWENT RIGOROUS TRAINING. THIS TRAINING
PREPARED SOLDIERS FOR SIEGES IN THE FIELD, GUARDING CITY
WALLS AND ATTACKING ENEMY CITIES AND WALLS. DURING THIS TIME,
THEY WOULD CONTINUE TRAINING TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR
DIFFICULT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TASKS. IF A ROMAN SOLDIER RAN
AWAY, THE CENTURION WOULD THROW A GIANT ROCK AT THEM, PUSH
THEM DOWN A CLIFF OR, TO DO IT QUICKER, THE CENTURION WOULD
PUT THE SWORD IN THEIR NECK AND KILL THEM.
THE ARMOUR
ALL ROMAN SOLDIERS WORE A UNIFORM AND ARMOUR TO PROTECT
THEM AGAINST BEING WOUNDED IN BATTLE. A LEGIONARY WORE A
LINEN UNDERSHIRT AND A TUNIC MADE OF WOOL. THEY HAD A
PROTECTIVE HELMET. ON THE FRONT OF THE HELMET , ABOUT 3"
ABOVE THE RIM IS A PROTRUSION PROTECTING THE FOREHEAD. THIS
WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT SWORD BLOWS FROM PENETRATING
THE HELMET AND CAUSING HEAD INJURIES. THE REAR OF THE
HELMET HAD A GUARD THAT PROTECTED THE NECK FROM SWORD
BLOWS. CENTURIONS AND OTHER OFFICERS WORE CRESTED, SO
THAT THEIR MEN COULD SEE THEM IN BATTLE. THE ROMANS ALSO
HAD A PAIR OF SANDALS FOR THEIR FOOTWEAR AND A BREASTPLATE
SO THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THEIR CHEST. EACH
SOLDIER WORE A PROTECTIVE BELT AROUND THEIR WAIST, HUNG
WITH STRIPS OF LEATHER STUDDED WITH METAL. THE SOLDIERS
ALSO HAD A SCUTUM (SHIELD) SO THEY WOULD BOUNCE THE ENEMY
OFF, THEY HAD A:LIGIONAIRE THAT WAS CURVED, AUXILIARY WICH
WAS OVAL INSTEAD, A CAVARLY AND THAT WAS STILL OVAL AND A
BEARER, BUT THAT WAS ROUND.
ORGANIZATION
THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF UNITS IN THE ARMYLEGIONS AND AUXILIARY UNITS. A LEGION
CONSISTED OF AROUND 5,OOO SOLDIERS FROM
ROME. AN AUXILIARY UNIT CONTAINED UP TO 1,OOO
SOLDIERS, MOSTLY FROM OUTSIDE ROME. EACH
UNIT WAS CONTROLLED BY A NUMBER OF SENIOR
SOLDIERS. THE ROMANS WHERE SO GOOD
BECAUSE THEY WHERE WELL ORGONISED.
Helmet
DID YOU KNOW
Breast
Plate
• DID YOU NOW THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE
CAPTURED WERE SLAVES. SOMETIMES THERE
WAS A CARD THAT HAD NOTHING OR A CROSS; IF
YOU WERE THE ONE THAT HAD THE CROSS YOU
WOULD BE KILLED.
Sword
Shield
Sandels
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