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Roman Army Facts
The Roman Army was incredibly well-organised, well-trained and highly disciplined.
Only men were allowed to be Roman soldiers and they had to be Roman citizens and at least twenty years old.
Click the link to find out some more information about Roman soldiers.
How was the Roman Army structured and organised?
The Roman Army was divided up into about 30 legions. Each legion was made up of between 4000 to 6000 soldiers. The soldiers were known as legionaries. Each legion was made up of 10 cohorts. A normal cohort contained 480 soldiers. These soldiers were divided into six groups of 80, and these were called centuries and were led by a centurion. Within each century, the men were further divided into groups of 8 called a contubernium. These 8 men would share a tent when the legion camped.
The first cohort in every legion was larger than the other cohorts. It was made up of five double centuries.
The Roman soldier who had command of the whole legion was known as a legate.
Each legion also had a group of 120 horsemen attached to it. They were used as scouts and to send messages.
This video gives a really good picture of how the a Roman legion was organised and how it would look on the battlefied from the perspective of an opposing army.
What were Roman auxiliaries?
Although the legionaries made up the bulk of the Roman Army, they were not the only troops used by the Romans. Non-Roman citizens could also fight for Rome as a Roman auxiliary. Auxiliaries were paid only a fraction of the wages givenb to the legionaries and they did not have use of the best armour and weapons. They were used to defend the frontiers of the Roman Empire and they were sent to the front line in battles where the fighting was most fierce.
Discover more facts about the Romans by following this link to our Roman resources page.
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Discover the secrets of the roman empire and life in ancient rome.
This primary resource introduces children to Roman life and culture. Discover the secrets of the Roman Empire and what life was like for Roman citizens. What were the Romans known for? What made the Roman army so successful? How did they live?
Pupils will learn about how and where the Roman Empire started, who the rulers of Rome were and what went on in the famous Colosseum in our National Geographic Kids’ Romans primary resource sheet.
The teaching resource can be used in study group tasks for understanding aspects of Roman life, as a printed handout for each pupil to review and annotate, or for display on the interactive whiteboard using the illustrations and short snippets of information for class discussion.
Activity: Ask children to choose one of the subheadings in the resource and use the information and their own research to create their own comic strip based on that topic. They could also design their own statues of the Roman gods mentioned, in the style of the photographs shown in the resource.
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This History primary resource assists with teaching the following History objectives from the National Curriculum :
- Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind.
- Know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
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