2. By Sophie beck

3. The Romans lived in Rome, a city in the center of the country of Italy.

4.  The Roman army was made up of groups of soldiers called legions.soldiers  There were over 5,000 soldiers in a legion.

5.  A legion had commanders, officers and ordinary soldiers.  There were also doctors, engineers and other workers

6.  Contubernium : consisted of 8 men.  Centuria: (century) was made up of 10 contubernium with a total of 80 men commanded by a centurioncenturion

7.  Cohorts: (cohort) included 6 centurie, a total of 480 men.  Legio: (Legion) consisted of 10 cohorts, about 5,000 men.

8.  Eques Legionis : Each legio had a cavarly unit of 120 attached to them.

9.  The smallest unit of the Roman legion was the contubernium (tent group) of eight men.  They marched, fought, worked and camped together.  In barracks, these eight men shared two rooms. On a march they shared a leather tent and a mule to carry it.

10.  A century or centuria was made up of ten Contubernium - the essential fighting unit - which was led by a centurion.centurion  A deputy centurion was called a Optio.

11.  There were six centuriae (centuries) with a total of 480 fighting men (not including officers) in a cohort. The cohort was the basic fighting unit.

12.  A troop of 120 horsemen, who served as scouts and messengers were attached to each Roman legion

13.  The sword was very important. It was light and short (no more than 50 cm) so soldiers can use it for stabbing quickly

14.  A soldier carried two spears to throw at the enemy.  The spears were just over two metres long and they were designed to bend and stick in the enemy's shield so he cannot use it to protect himself.

15.  The pugio was a small dagger used by Roman soldiers as a sidearm.  It was worn on left side.

16.  The ballista was a powerful ancient crossbow.  It fired iron tipped bolts towards the enemy positions.

17.  The most powerful artillery piece in the Roman arsenal was the sling equipped Onager.  It could fire rocks of up to 150 lbs (70 kgs) to be used to smash through walls and fortifications.

18.  You had to be male and over 20.  They looked after you for 25 years.  And you were not allowed to get married.

19.  Queen Boudicca (born around 30 AD).  Queen Boudicca was the wife of the ruler of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe who lived in eastern England.  She was disliked the Romans.

20.  In revenge, Boudicca led an army to attack the Romans she lost and poisend herself.