Roman army

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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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Generate an image of the Roman army (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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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 ⓘ
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 legions ⓘ
linked to: Roman legion

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 ⓘ
Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East

North Africa ⓘ
participatedIn Gallic Wars ⓘ
Jewish–Roman Wars ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus

Diocletian ⓘ
Gaius Marius ⓘ
usedBy ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

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Referenced by (202)

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

Limes Germanicus → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
Labarum → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Titus → militaryBranch → Roman army ⓘ
Trial of Jesus → hasParticipant → Roman soldiers ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Orestes → powerBase → Roman army in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Vindolanda → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
Birdoswald Roman Fort → builtFor → Roman army ⓘ
Antonine Wall → builder → Roman army ⓘ
Aalen Roman fort → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Traiectum → builtBy → Roman army ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman fort Traiectum
Martin of Tours → servedIn → Roman army ⓘ
Praetorian Guard → partOf → Roman army ⓘ
ancient Italy → culturalInfluenceOn → Roman military organization ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Mamucium → constructedBy → Roman army ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman fort of Mamucium
Mamucium → abandonedBy → Roman military ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman fort of Mamucium
linked to: Roman army
Argentoratum → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Roman eagle → usedBy → Imperial Roman army ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Mars → associatedWith → Roman army ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman god Mars
Battle of Trebia → combatant → Roman army ⓘ
Glevum → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Deva → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Eboracum → abandonedBy → Roman military ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Centurion → partOf → Roman army ⓘ
subject linked to: Centurion (Roman officer)
Classis Ravennatis → partOf → Roman imperial armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Legio VI Victrix → allegiance → Imperial Roman army ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
Principia (Chesters Roman Fort) → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Oescus → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Novae → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Novae archaeological site → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Danube Bridge of Trajan → builtFor → Roman army ⓘ
Ammianus Marcellinus → servedIn → Roman army ⓘ
Numidian cavalry → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
optio → partOf → Roman army ⓘ
lorica segmentata → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
testudo formation → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
Limes Germanicus → usedBy → Roman army ⓘ
subject linked to: limes Germanicus
Noric steel → valuedBy → Roman military ⓘ
linked to: Roman army