Why did no one copy the Roman army?

As to why they didn’t use the imperial legions, was because they couldn’t afford to. The countries were way too small and decentralized (taxes were seen only as an emergency funding for the king and there would be riots if they lasted too long) to afford standing armies for the vast majority of the medieval period.

What army beat the Romans?

The Carthaginians and their allies, led by Hannibal, surrounded and practically annihilated a larger Roman and Italian army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. It is regarded as one of the greatest tactical feats in military history and one of the worst defeats in Roman history.

How did Romans beat phalanx?

Polybius on the Macedonian Wars gets into some of the nitty gritty, but basically the gist is that during the Samnite Wars, the Romans found that their phalanxes were being beaten by the Samnite light infantry and cavalry, who were used to fighting the mountainous terrain of Samnium.

What is the only weakness of the phalanx?

Weaknesses. The hoplite phalanx was weakest when facing an enemy fielding lighter and more flexible troops without its own such supporting troops.

Why did Romans stop using phalanx?

At the Battle of Cynocephalae in 197 BCE, the Romans defeated the Greek phalanx easily because the Greeks had failed to guard the flanks of their phalanx and, further, the Greek commanders could not turn the mass of men who comprised the phalanxes quickly enough to counter the strategies of the Roman army and, after …

Are Greek Romans?

For nearly 1700 years the Greeks were Roman in some way. They were ruled by the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire. Up until 1700 some Greeks still referred to themselves as Roman. For 1700 years the Greeks were as Roman as Rome themselves.

Did the Romans use slaves in Britain?

Slavery in Great Britain existed prior to the Roman occupation and until the 12th century, when chattel slavery disappeared, at least for a time, following the Norman Conquest.

Were there any black Roman soldiers?

Many years ago, there was an African Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus, who ruled large parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. When he came to Hadrian’s Wall in 208AD, there were black soldiers already stationed there, they had travelled right across the Empire.

Were there black people in Roman England?

Roman Britain was indeed a multi-ethnic society, which included people from Africa, and mostly from Northern Africa. The exact percentages of African Romans within the larger population is unknown, and probably varied from place to place.