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28 maj 2006 · Summary. MILITARY REVOLUTION. In the last decades of the fifth century B.C. and the first decades of the fourth, the army of the Roman res publica could lay claim to the unenviable title “least efficient military establishment” of any major state in the Mediterranean world.
The tasks at hand for the Roman navy were now the policing of the Mediterranean waterways and the border rivers, suppression of piracy, and escort duties for the grain shipments to Rome and for imperial army expeditions.
The structural history of the Roman military concerns the major transformations in the organization and constitution of ancient Rome's armed forces, "the most effective and long-lived military institution known to history."
Roman fleet was named in ancient Rome as clasis. Its main centres were in Ravenna and Misenum, and smaller ones in some coastal provinces and on the Rhine and Danube. Seamen were recruited from the lowest sections of Roman society, even from slaves.
There is a fair amount of information on the general make-up and organization of the imperial era Roman army but any time sea battles are mentioned the specifics seem to be frequently glossed over. Was it a standing fleet?
2 paź 2023 · This article provides an in-depth exploration of the Roman army, encompassing its hierarchical structure, meticulously crafted equipment, rigorous training regimens, daily routines, and the enduring legacy it imprinted on the history of the Roman Republic and Empire.
The Roman imperial army was the largest state-run organization (as well as the largest item in the budget) of the Roman Empire with well over 400,000 soldiers and officers serving in Rome, Italy, the provinces, and some even beyond.
