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SteveThe Roman fought to win. They had various battle strategies and formations in order to gain victory. Here are the basics. The heavy infantry was configured in the center of the line, three deep. The auxiliaries (if used) were on the sides of the infantry and the cavalry was on the wings. Before the battle, the troops took their positions in complete silence. The famous Roman discipline worked here. At a signal they began slowly walking foreword still in silence. When they were within throwing distance, they received the battle signal from the trumpets and simultaneously broke into a run, gave their war cry and threw their javelins. This sudden burst of nosy action from a once silent group many times panicked the surprised enemy and they either broke and ran or only put up token resistance. The heavy infantry did the hand to hand fighting while the cavalry either fought the cavalry of the enemy, acted in a pincer action on the enemy's sides or rounded up the enemy troops who were fleeing.
The military formation of the Roman army changed several times over time. In the 6th century BC it adopted the phalanx of the Greeks. This was a compact formation up to eight lines deep of heavy infantrymen equipped with heavy armour, helmets and round shields and armed with spears and swords. They were supported by a light infantry of skirmishers with light armour and armed with javelins.
In the 4th century BC the phalanx was divided into three separate lines of solders: the hastati, principes and triarii. The hastati charged first and if they did not win the principes took over and if they did not win either, the triarii took over. Initially the hastati and principes fought with short spears (6 ft. long) and the triarii fought with longer spears (6 ½ ft. long) and swords. Later the triarii and principes were armed with swords and two pila (heavy javelins) and the triarii retained the same weapons. The light infantry used the verutum, a light javelin.
After a defeat by the Samnites in 321 BC during the Second Samnite War the Romans adopted the manipular formation of the Samnites. The army fought with units called maniples arranged in a checkerboard pattern. This gave it far more manoeuvrability and flexibility than the solid Greek phalanx and was more suitable for war on the hills and mountains of central and southern Italy. The maniples, too, were supported by a light infantry.
The Marian reforms of the army of 107 BC did away with both the maniples and the light infantry. The legions were organised into cohorts of solders with the same equipment and weapons. A legion had 10 cohorts. Cohorts 2 to 10 had six standard centuries with 80 men each, giving a total of 480 men. The first cohort had five double size centuries of 120 me each, giving a total of 600 men.
The Roman legions also had cavalry squadrons which were lined up at the flanks.
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