HIST 205 Lecture 8: Week_8_2015_10_21
23 Jul 2016
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Gallic sack of rome (390 or 386 bce) Sacred geese who inhabited the temple heard the gauls Alarms the romans --> gauls" sneak attack wa no more. Some say that: gold exchange for gauls to leave Brennus: gaulish chieftain weight gold on scales. Camillus who conquered the city of veii Romans abandon hoplites battle after the battle with the gauls. Adopted new technique, borrowed from gauls and italians. Buy equipments and fight with what you have. The poors were exempted from the war. Very poor were employed as rowersnot on land army. Military power: not dependent on how the coherent of the army. Like the phalanx which depends on the entire team. Vertiles: youngest and poorest man of roman, woolskin on their helmet. What the rich people are equipped limited in battle. 2 lines of 120-man maniples + one line of 60-man maniples (of the heavy infantry) Roman legions: all of the check board formation.
