Rome - Arms - Armor - Roman Weapons

Roman Wars and Battles
Roman history was punctuated with almost yearly campaigns. Some of these were like gang turf wars, but others were significant. Over time Rome developed its fighters into a well-oiled machine that dominated the Mediterranean by the end of the second century B.C.

Roman Warfare
Review of Adrian Goldsworthy's Roman Warfare.

Roman Army
The Roman army developed from the Greek form to a superlative fighting machine that conquered much of the known world.

Roman Weaponry
A list of the basic Roman weapons as set down by the Servian Reforms listed in Livy using both Latin term and English equivalents, with links to further information on most.

Roman Arsenal
Arsenals supplied weapons to the Roman legions. Read about some of these.

"Caesar's Legions" - Review
Caesar's Legions is a thorough text about Roman military life in the time of Caesar, a legionary's point of view about Caesar's Gallic and the civil wars, and what happened to the legions following Caesar's death.

Glossary - Roman Late Empire Glossary
Index of terms from Latin and Latinized Greek for the Roman army of the late Imperial period.