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The Roman army's weapons contributed to making them powerful because they had the "high-tech" weapons of their day. The gladius, or sword was based on the so-called Spanish sword, which was ideal for thrusting, as hand to hand combat was naturally done at close quarters. They had a breakaway type of javelin, which once embedded into an enemy's shield, would partially break off, making it impossible for the enemy to extract the javelin and reuse it against the Romans. The dangling javelin also served to trip up or to make it difficult for the enemy to use his shield effectively. They had the resources and the engineering ability to build siege towers. But the most important "weapon" that the Romans possessed was the common soldier. Even though the legates and generals planned out the battle scenarios, it was the guy on the front line who won the victories.

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