One of the main reasons, if not the only, Ancient Rome was so successful in land ownage, economy, and civilization is a result of its strong-willed military. Rome’s military was exceptional in technology and tactics. The life of a military soldier was hard and disciplined. The soldiers were required to march twenty miles per day while bearing eighty pounds of gear and weapons, and were trained to encounter every kind of danger. When the soldiers were not fighting in combat they were doing labor assignments such as building walls or laying down roads. At times they laid down as much as 250,000 miles of road. The main unit of the Roman military was the Legionary unit. The well equipped Legionary soldiers were sent out on marches with a shield, helmet, two javelins, a gladius, a dagger, about fourteen days worth of food, shovel, waterskin (which carried water), two stakes, and the standard legionary armour or whatever the soldier could afford. The Legionary soldiers were far more equipped than his little brother soldiers the Accensus.
The Accensus soldiers were almost the opposite of the Legionary soldiers. The Accensus soldiers were the poorest and we're not able to afford much equipment. These soldiers did not even have armour or shields. The Accensus soldiers usual battle positions were
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The Centurion soldiers were ranked higher than both the Accensus and the Legionary soldiers. The Centurion soldiers were professional officers of the Roman army. Providing that Centurions soldiers commanded as much as eighty soldiers or other units within the Centuries. Centurions soldiers seemed to receive a higher pay grade than the average Legionary soldiers. Centurions unit suffered heavy casualties in battle, while fighting among the Legionaries soldiers who they commanded. The Centurions soldiers usually led from the front, occupying a position at the front right of the century