Roman Legionary 109-58 BC (Osprey Warrior 182)
Roman Legionary 109-58 BC: The Age of Marius, Sulla and Pompey the Great (Osprey Warrior 182)
2017 | ISBN: 1472825195 | English | 65 Pages | True PDF | 17 MB
2017 | ISBN: 1472825195 | English | 65 Pages | True PDF | 17 MB
The Roman centurion, holding the legionaries steady before the barbarian horde and then leading them forward to victory, was the heroic exemplar of the Roman world. This was thanks to the Marian reforms, which saw the centurion, although inferior in military rank and social class, superseding the tribune as the legion's most important officer. This period of reform in the Roman Army is often overlooked, but the invincible armies that Julius Caesar led into Gaul were the refined products of 50 years of military reforms.