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Realm of History Presents Roman Army Structure

This video from Realm of History describes the unit structures of the Roman Army. It’s very interesting if you’re a history buff like me.

RAM Roman Army Structure from ISO on Vimeo.

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8 Responses to “Realm of History Presents Roman Army Structure”

  1. PNW_Tree_Octopus says:
    April 4, 2016 at 02:33

    Whelp, time to boot up Rome: Total War and spread some civilization.

  2. CAVstrong says:
    April 4, 2016 at 12:31

    That was great. Who made it? Are there any others out there like it?

  3. Riceball says:
    April 4, 2016 at 17:40

    Very nice, if a bit brief. They also skipped a few things like the maniple, which is the next unit size after the contubenium. They also forgot to mention that the first cohort in a legion is the senior cohort in the legion and is generally made up of second enlistment troops, legionnaires who’ve signed up for a second 20 year enlistment. What’s also not mentioned is that at the end of their enlistment period, the Roman legionnaire also gets land to start a farm, this is probably where the term buying the farm comes from. However, the land was, more often than not, not in Rome or necessarily anywhere near Rome and was often part of a colony made up of ex-legionnaires and their families and formed a sort of inactive reserve to be called up when needed to help defend their colony.

    One other thing of note, they’re incorrect in saying that the legionnaire provides their own equipment, in the early days of the Roman Republic they did but in the legion as we know it they were issued their equipment just like today’s military. Of course, the cost of the equipment was deducted from their pay, also like today’s military.

    • majrod says:
      April 4, 2016 at 20:00

      +1

    • AbnMedOps says:
      April 4, 2016 at 21:09

      I have read that the expression “Buying the farm” dates from the US Civil War, when some soldiers were covered by death insurance and/or mortgage insurance which paid off the mortgage on the family farm.

    • Dev says:
      April 5, 2016 at 00:44

      The professionalisation of the military by Gaius Marius is obviously an important point in history.