The Army of the Roman Republic

The army of the roman republic had four distinct phases. The first phase was ushered in by romulus when he founded the army. In the mid seventh and eighth centuries b c the greeks adopted a formation of attack called the phalanx, which was composed of individual soldiers called hoplihts. Later around a hundred b c, marius ushered in the fourth and final phase of the republican army,. instituting a series of reforms affecting not just how the army fought tactically, but also how the soldiers were recruited. This was a major contributing factor to the death of the republic and the rise of the imperiam. And this transition is particularly of vital importance because it moved