The Roman army of the mid-Republic, also called the manipular Roman army or the Polybian army, refers to the armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic, from the end of the Samnite Wars to the en
A Roman senior officer (centre), of the time of Polybius, as depicted on a bas relief from the Altar of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, c. 122 BC.
Detail from the Ahenobarbus relief showing (centre-right) two Roman foot soldiers c. 122 BC.
The bowl of a Montefortino-type helmet, which was used by Roman infantry between c. 300 BC and the 1st century AD.
Drawing of one of the earliest known exemplars of the gladius design, from the Cogotas II culture of Iron Age Iberia (c. 700 BC).
The Roman army of the late Republic refers to the armed forces deployed by the late Roman Republic, from the beginning of the first century BC until the establishment of the Imperial Roman army by Aug
Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, the members of the First Triumvirate
A bust said to depict Gaius Marius, noted for his seven consulships and putative reforms of the Roman army
A Roman soldier depicted in a fresco in Pompeii, c. 80—20 BC