Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
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The first roman legionaries, as it were, they weren't called legionaries, but the first roman main line of battle soldier was actually a hoplite. See how this amazing situation where on the italian peninsula, the main warrior whether it's in magna gracchia to the south of italy or latium in central italy,. The military systems are all dominated by greeks using hoplites. In the borkans peninsula, in the same period, through the greco persian wars, the peloponnesian Wars, the military system is all dominated by the hoplite. So while we look at the military history of both penins
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