HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aeneid, Adoption In Ancient Rome, Stoicism
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Empires and ruins: the roman empire - lecture 2. Lecture professor shows up spartacus battle scene. Berserker model of soldiers != roman style of fighting. Romans were calm and meticulous while fighting. Romans would mass their forces in the center to break through the enemy army. This is when the roman legionary refined their military style; it proved superior to. Use shield for defense and sword for offense. The macedonian phalanx only worked on level ground. Early conquest achieved by a non-professional, non-standing army. Core of republican roman army was the farmer-soldier. Opposite from the system we have today; more poor members join the army, but with roman empire, the middle-upper class joined. 2 consuls are elected every year; the consuls were military figureheads. You can only be an aristocrat if you were in the army because social status is based off military status. Capable of walking 30 miles a day while carrying weight up to 80 pounds.
