A Companion to the Roman Army A Companion to the Roman Army …

… were composed largely of close order heavy infantry, the main strength of Roman armies
for much of its history (although they included a small detachment of cavalry). Legionary …

A Companion to the Roman Army n'est pas une histoire de l'armee romaine. II d'un recueil d'articles
(d'une quinzaine de pages chacun) concernant l'armee romai classement de ces …

… And when we know that the Roman army captured … the enhanced efficiency of the Roman
army in the 340s bc might … the four legions of the Roman army be elected rather than appointed …

… This means that pre-industrial societies, including the Roman Empire, had to … armies. Before
we can examine the financial costs of the Roman army, we must first clarify its role in Roman …

… the Roman army from a militia-citizen to a professional army (… 2), the equipment used by the
Roman soldiers (section 3), and … in the evolution of the Roman military, from the army that sub…

… 2 This chapter is not a general review of Roman army studies, for which a reader can now
consult essays on future prospects as well as thematic and retrospective collections. 3 It is …

… of the army cannot be pressed: to the educated urban elite who created most of our written
evidence, late Roman armies … , but the same was also said about early imperial armies. What …

… Could we say this about the Romans, all of them? In my view most Roman armies were
rather heterogeneous and consisted of a core of seasoned troops, with inexperienced recruits …

… Roman military historians have treated the subject of the Roman army extensively. … the
development of the Roman army within the larger context of the Roman imperial system.¹³ Fol…