He establishes a multiracial kingdom in which he sets to establish a unity of common Greek culture. Caesar Augustus was also known as a good military commander. Following Caesar’s death, Augustus along with Mark Antony and Lepidus, defeated Caesar’s murderers in 42 BC at Philippi. After this the Mediterranean was divided with Augustus controlling the west, Antony controlling the east, and Lepidus controlling Africa. Later Octavian defeats Lepidus and controls Africa.
Campbell formed his men into a line (rather than into square, which was the accepted way for infantry to face a cavalry charge) and the Russian advance was driven off with volleys of RIFLE fire. This action became known as the ‘Thin Red Line’. The bulk of the British army was armed with muzzle loading rifles (MLR). With the army’s adoption of the Minie rifle only a few years before the war began, which had an effective range of up to 1,000 yards, and a rate of fire of around two shots a minute. As for accuracy, its impact was immediately felt, for at the battles of Alman and Inkerman, one bullet in sixteen took effect, whereas at the battle of waterloo in 1815, one bullet in 459 was able to find a target.
In slow evolution towards democracy, as their trade increased, Athenian craftsmen and merchants had enough money to purchase their own weapons. These armed ordinary people formed the phalanx which made the aristocratic cavalry obsolete. On the other hand, the Spartan constitution reputedly introduced by semi legendary Lycurgus in 600 B.C. to reflect their deep conservatism and made a minimal concession to democracy. Their authority was carefully kept in the hands of the elders.
Divisions were then organised into smaller units of approximately two hundred and fifty soldiers who were commanded by a standard bearer. A group of “shock troops” known as the Braves of the King served as the pharaoh’s personal bodyguard. The infantry The highly disciplined infantry or mesha was the largest group and gave Egypt an advantage over its enemies such as the Mitanni. These infantry units were composed of spearmen, archers, axe-bearers, clubmen and slingers. Many foot soldiers lacked adequate armour; some were even without shields.
In 58BC the Helvetii tribe of Eastern Gaul began to encroach on the lands of the Aedui, Ambarri and Allobroges tribes. These tribes were unable to oppose the Helvetii themselves and asked the Romans to intervene. The Romans agreed and ambushed the Helvetii as they were crossing the river Saone, taking out a quarter of their forces. The Roman army continued on pursuing the remainder of the Helvetii, culminating in the Battle of Bibracte. The Romans won out forcing a surrender and rather than murdering the survivors, they sent them back to their territory to act as a buffer against other possible threats.
Western Civilization History Evidence Report 2.2 1. The time ruled by one of the first Roman Emperors, was thought to be the great age of mature Roman civilization. This Emperor was Agustus. He put an end to all the violence and fighting, with the start of a political arrangement. An arrangement that would last for centuries.
This ignited a century of technological advancements in the military that has enabled the United States to excel in militaristic domination. The first war to use significant technological advancement was World War I. Despite the introduction of trench warfare (in which troops dug bases many feet deep into the ground and fought only on the surface), the art of battle would forever be changed. There were many different types of weaponry advancements experienced in World War I. Machine guns were built twice more powerful than in the Civil War, firing up to 600 bullets a minute which was the equivalent of 250 riflemen.
As mentioned before, the bulk of the army was citizens. These citizens did not get to choose which legion the wanted to be in. Any man “from ages 16-46 were selected by ballot” and assigned to a legion. Up until the Roman military disaster of 390 B.C at the Battle of Allia, Rome’s army was organized in similarity to the Greek Phalanx. This was due to Greek influence in Italy “by way of their colonies”.
Education in Ancient Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition-based system during the late Republic and the Empire. The Roman education system was based on the Greek system – and many of the private tutors in the Roman system were Greek slaves or freedmen. Due to the extent of Rome's power, the methodology and curriculum used in Roman education was copied in its provinces, and thereby proved the basis for education systems throughout later Western civilization. Organized education remained relatively rare, and there are few primary sources or accounts of the Roman educational process until the 2nd century AD. Due to the extensive power wielded by the paterfamilias over Roman families, the level and quality of education provided to Roman children varied drastically from family to family; nevertheless, Roman popular morality came eventually to expect fathers to have their children educated to some extent, and a complete advanced education was expected of any Roman who wished to enter politics.
Greek soldiers formed dense groupings called phalanxes that were usually eight to sixteen men deep. Phalanxes, when packed together, provided an impressive wall of heavily armed men. For the phalanx to succeed, the men had to practice rigid discipline; if the phalanx broke, all of the hoplites might well be killed. b. Macedonian, to 500 BCE The man who finally beat the Greek system was a Macedonian and one of the greatest military minds of all time was Alexander the Great. His use of flexible, fast arms like cavalry and light infantry.