Their army gradually began to grow in size as other runaway slaves joined the battle against Rome. ... Historically, Spartacus was originally a soldier in the Roman army, who deserted to become a robber. ... In fact, there were a variety of formations used by the Roman army, which varied based on size, position and location. ... As this film was one that featured a slave-led army heading into battle, the social structure of woman and children was not portrayed. ... Children displayed strict obedience and discipline, readying them for their later lives. ...
These high taxes placed on business people and small farmers in order to support the government and the army had a role in the fall of the Roman Empire. ... Heavy taxes to support the government and the army were a problem along with the lack of new technology due to the use of slave labor. ... The traditional Roman values such as patriotism, discipline and devotion to duty were being ignored; the Romans saw their cities slipping into a decline that could not be interrupted. ... The Roman Army was not as strong or well trained as it used to be and the mercenaries that replaced the citizen sol...
Julius Caesar was born in around early July 100 BCE, he was the son to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia the Governor of Gal while having very closely connection with the Marian faction in Roman politics (History, 2014). With Caesar being born straight in to Roman politics he was bound to get involved and be...
Romulus is also credited with creating the first Roman army of 3000 men with each tribe contributing 1000 armed men. Little more than the names of the three tribes had survived by Republican times, when they were the names of the three-cavalry units in the Roman army. ... He made major changes in the army. ... The success of the phalanx in battle was due to teamwork and discipline rather than individual heroics. ... This army consisted of 6000 men arranged into 60 centuries of 100 men each. ...
In following all these "forms" of respect the Roman people had to do it with great discipline and purity. ... This meant that poor people would now serve in the army to accumulate their own personal wealth instead of defending the community. ... Sulla was the first general to use a client army for his own personal use. He used this army to start a civil war in Rome and brutally murdered all of his opponents. ...
Under the Roman Republic, the army was made up only of citizens who owned land. ... The government abolished the property requirement in 107 B.C. and opened the army to volunteers; the army then offered a long-term career for many Romans. ... Around 20 B.C., some 300,000 men served in the Roman army. The number of soldiers changed little thereafter, as most soldiers were professionals whose training and discipline made the Roman army one of the greatest fighting forces in history. ... Above all, there were massive walls surrounding the towns to protect citizens from alien armies. ...
During the summer, they fought in the army. ... The army then offered a long-term career for many Romans. ... By about 20 B.C., some 300,000 men served in the Roman army. ... Most soldiers were professionals, whose training and discipline made the Roman army one of the greatest fighting forces in history. ... Other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. ...
Livy says that he wishes his readers to note how men lived, and how eventually the state was ruined when discipline broke down bit by bit (Preface), and this is a great example of that. ... This perfectly shows the deterioration of discipline that Livy speaks of in the Preface. ...
In a blink of an eye, they were in front of me and soon I was surrounded by Samnium knights; the knights were masculine, strong and disciplined. Their army general, Quintus, said to me, "Caesar, you shall surrender to the Samnites or you shall die an excruciating death....