Roman army

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ancient military organization component of the Roman state

The Roman army was the highly organized and disciplined military force of ancient Rome that enabled the expansion, defense, and control of its vast empire across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Imperial Roman army 1
Roman army in Italy 1
Roman military 1

Statements (133)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient military organization ⓘ
component of the Roman state ⓘ
commandedBy Roman consuls (in the Republic) ⓘ
Roman dictators (in emergencies) ⓘ
Roman emperors (in the Empire) ⓘ
centurions ⓘ
legates ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
tribunes ⓘ
defended Danube frontier ⓘ
Roman–Parthian frontier zone ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates frontier

Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
limes Germanicus ⓘ
fundedBy Roman state treasury ⓘ
provincial taxation ⓘ
war booty ⓘ
grants Roman citizenship to auxiliary veterans ⓘ
land to veterans (at various times) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic advanced logistics ⓘ
engineering expertise ⓘ
high discipline ⓘ
professionalization (in the Imperial period) ⓘ
standardized equipment ⓘ
strict hierarchy ⓘ
tactical flexibility ⓘ
use of Latin as command language ⓘ
use of military training drills ⓘ
hasComponent Praetorian Guard ⓘ
Roman legion ⓘ
surface form: Roman legions

artillery units ⓘ
auxiliary troops ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
frontier troops ⓘ
garrison troops ⓘ
logistical support units ⓘ
medical personnel ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
officer corps ⓘ
scouts ⓘ
standard bearers ⓘ
urban cohorts ⓘ
vigiles (paramilitary fire and police units) ⓘ
hasDoctrine combined arms tactics ⓘ
fortified marching camps ⓘ
integration of allied and auxiliary troops ⓘ
road building to support movement ⓘ
siege warfare techniques ⓘ
standardized battle formations ⓘ
use of heavy infantry as core ⓘ
use of reserves in battle ⓘ
hasEquipment ballista ⓘ
battering rams ⓘ
galea (helmet) ⓘ
gladius ⓘ
lorica hamata ⓘ
lorica segmentata ⓘ
lorica squamata ⓘ
onager ⓘ
pilum ⓘ
scutum ⓘ
siege towers ⓘ
hasFunction defense of borders ⓘ
maintenance of internal order ⓘ
protection of trade routes ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Roman military law ⓘ
oath of loyalty (sacramentum) ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction warfare ⓘ
hasRank aquilifer ⓘ
centurio ⓘ
immunes ⓘ
legatus ⓘ
milites ⓘ
optio ⓘ
signifer ⓘ
tribunus ⓘ
hasTactic encirclement maneuvers ⓘ
feigned retreat (occasionally) ⓘ
integration of artillery in sieges ⓘ
systematic scouting and reconnaissance ⓘ
testudo formation ⓘ
triplex acies formation ⓘ
use of fortified camps as bases ⓘ
hasUnitType ala (cavalry wing) ⓘ
century ⓘ
cohort ⓘ
comitatenses ⓘ
foederati ⓘ
legion ⓘ
limitanei ⓘ
maniple ⓘ
numerus ⓘ
influenced Byzantine army ⓘ
medieval European military systems ⓘ
modern military organization concepts ⓘ
operatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Britannia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Hispania

Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean region

Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East

North Africa ⓘ
participatedIn Gallic Wars ⓘ
Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: Jewish–Roman Wars

Punic Wars ⓘ
Roman civil wars ⓘ
Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
recruitsFrom Roman citizens ⓘ
allied peoples ⓘ
barbarian federate groups ⓘ
non-citizen provincials (auxiliaries) ⓘ
supportedBy Roman road network ⓘ
forts and fortresses along frontiers ⓘ
military supply depots ⓘ
state-run arms production ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
underwentReformBy Augustus ⓘ
Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great

Diocletian ⓘ
Gaius Marius ⓘ
usedBy Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Mamucium
this entity surface form: Roman military
Roman god Mars → associatedWith → Roman army ⓘ
subject surface form: Mars
Antonine Wall → builder → Roman army ⓘ
Limes Germanicus → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
Roman fort Traiectum → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
subject surface form: Traiectum
Vindolanda → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
Birdoswald Roman Fort → builtFor → Roman army ⓘ
Battle of Trebia → combatant → Roman army ⓘ
subject surface form: Mamucium
this entity surface form: Roman military organization
Trial of Jesus → hasParticipant → Roman army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman soldiers
Titus → militaryBranch → Roman army ⓘ
Praetorian Guard → partOf → Roman army ⓘ
Orestes → powerBase → Roman army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman army in Italy
Martin of Tours → servedIn → Roman army ⓘ
Aalen Roman fort → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Argentoratum → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Labarum → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Roman eagle → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Roman army