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Primary Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome#Military- Primary Sources at the Bottom

Secondary Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/tech_01.shtml http://www.experiencefestival.com/ancient_roman_military_technology- Lists of Secondary Sources

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The Roman army was influenced by Greek civilization, a citizen //militia// would practice military tactics. It was small and organized into five classes, with three providing support and two providing light infantry. The Roman army was limited to its tactical self and its stance during this period was essentially defensive. By the 3rd century, the Romans abandoned their previous formation for a more flexible system in which smaller groups of 120 men called manciple could maneuver more easily on the battlefield. Thirty of those men arranged into three lines with supporting troops which constituted a legion, totaling between 4,000 and 5,000 men. The early Republican legion consisted of five sections, each of which was equipped differently and had different places in formation: there were three lines of heavy infantry, a force of light infantry, and there were lines of cavalry. With the new organization came a new orientation toward the more aggressive offense. At full strength, a Republican legion would have included 3,600 to 4,800 heavy infantry, several hundred light infantry and several hundred cavalrymen, for a other Legions were often significantly understrength from recruitment failures, or problems within the legion itself. During the Civil War, Pompey's legions in the east were stronger because of their recently recruited infantry and Calvary, while Caesar's legions were in many cases below nomal strength after they battles in Gaul.