AR105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Macedonian Wars, Naval Boarding, Rivet
20 Apr 2018
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Study lecture slides, look for quotes + study their significance. Roman army began as militia force (soldiers paid for/supplied own equipment) Phalanx-style army (similar to greek military techniques) Heavily armed infantry arranged in single, solid line. Required for soldiers, financed by a newly introduced property tax. Also first attestation of ceremony of evocation, where gods asked to abandon veii and come to rome. Temple built for juno (patron of veii) at rome. Gauls destroy a roman army at the river allia. Men of military age, able bodied senators withdraw to citadel. Old men to go wait in their homes for gauls to come. Roman senator, camillus, who had captured veii, raises an army. They destroy gaulish fores sent to obtain grain for a siege from surrounding towns. Romans agree to pay ransom for city. Gauls use modified scales to cheat the romans - a fight breaks out and the gauls are killed to the last man.
