The engineers also made the scaling ladders that were used for getting over walls. The Roman soldiers won their battles just as much from their staying - power as by their courage. They had to be strong and fit, for in addition to his weapons each soldier had to carry provisions for two weeks and tools for pitching camp. When the soldiers went into line of battle to fight, the formation was called acies; when they were marching in column it was called agmen. If during a battle the legion were hard pressed the soldiers formed an orbis, which was very like the square that the British army formed in the 18th and 19th centuries if it was in difficulties. The standard of a legion was the Aquila, or eagle - made of silver or bronze and showing the bird with outstretched wings. It was the greatest disgrace if the eagle was captured. At its finest period the Roman army was almost unconquerable. There were three main reasons for this: Discipline, Hard and efficient training, Speed at which they learnt new tactics. .
This structure of an army that the Roman's invented has been copied, imitated, duplicated, and modified since the beginning. Their tactics were very similar to those that were used by American's in the Civil War, French (Civil War), and modified and updated during the World Wars.
INFLUENCE OF ROMAN LAW ON MODERN CIVILIZATION.
Roman law is, admittedly, ancient history, but it should be of interest to the law student for three reasons: first, because its rules form the basis of a surprisingly large number of doctrines of the Anglo-American common law; second, because its differences from the common law suggest that common-law values and approaches are by no means always the most equitable and efficient ways of approaching legal problems; and third, because it provides the basic organizing principles of the civil law systems of most of Europe and Latin America and much of Asia.
