THE ROMAN ARMY Structure Camps Standards Officers & Troops Auxiliaries Armor & Weapons © MDW
Eight Men to a Tent Party (contubernium)STRUCTURE
Ten Tent Parties to a Century (80 men)STRUCTURE
Six Centuries to a Cohort (480 men); 10 Cohorts to a LegionSTRUCTURE
StandardsSTANDARDS signifer
aquilifer and imagniferSTANDARDS
legatus (in charge of legion) centurio (in charge of century) optio (deputy; assisted centurio)OFFICERS
Legionary Soldiers TROOPS: THE LEGIONARY SOLDIERS
TROOPS: THE AUXILIARIES Cavalry
TROOPS: THE AUXILIARIES Masks for Cavalry Men and Horses
Praetorian Guard TROOPS: THE PRAETORIAN GUARD
ARMOR tunica lorica segmentata cingulum scutum
ARMOR galea caligae
ARMOR The Testudo Formation
WEAPONS: HANDHELD pugio & gladius
WEAPONS: HANDHELD Notice the protected fighting pose
WEAPONS: HANDHELD What problems are presented by this pose?
WEAPONS: HANDHELD pilum
WEAPONS: SIEGE ARTILLERY machina (siege tower) aries (battering ram)
WEAPONS: SIEGE ARTILLERY ballista (giant crossbow)
WEAPONS: SIEGE ARTILLERY catapulta (sm. crossbow) onager (hurls rocks)