Ancient Roman Military Training

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Rome. Rome had one of the largest and powerful armies. Rome’s soldiers had a lot of discipline and had great skill in combat. How they were this way? Training. But the training of ancient roman soldiers was demanding. Roman soldiers had a lot of discipline. The first thing they were trained to do was march 20 Roman miles in five hours carrying full field pack at miliary speed (“Training”). “Roman soldiers are famous for their discipline in battle and the ability to take orders. They would train in formations ad lines that they also used in battle” (“Training”). Practice hand to hand combat with heavier wooden swords, spears, javelins and shields then the actual weapons. In Rome there were different jobs to be trained for. They were trained

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