★★ To begin with, during the era of the Republic in Rome itself and other large cities, there were many workshops that produced weapons and armor. It was they who supplied the army, which was initially quite small - two legions and a few more turm cavalry, moreover, most often recruited from the allies. Everything... Continua a leggere →
★★★ Organizzazione, struttura, tattica ed equipaggiamento Quello che spesso definiamo come riforma dell'esercito romano tardo-antico, indicativamente nel periodo che va dal regno di Settimio Severo sino alla 'caduta' della pars Occidentis nel 476 ad opera di Odoacre, è da ascriversi ai profondi mutamenti avvenuti a seguito delle guerre Marcomanniche di Marco Aurelio sul finire del... Continua a leggere →
★★ Until the 4th century AD, the entire Roman army could be called a border army, since most of it, starting from the time of Augustus, was located along the borders, and there was a clear tendency to attach individual legions and cohorts to certain border provinces. That is, we can say that the border guard system... Continua a leggere →
★★ The economic crisis that struck the Empire in the 3rd century led to a sharp deterioration in the situation of all lower classes of the population and caused a number of powerful demonstrations of the masses in the provinces, Italy and in Rome itself. The deeper the process of development of the colonate, the enslavement of... Continua a leggere →
★★ Almeno nel concetto, il trasporto degli animali via mare è antico quanto la navigazione marittima a scopi commerciali praticata nel periodo della fine dell'età del Bronzo. Notizie scritte di trasporti di cavalli attraverso il mare si hanno infatti a partire dalla seconda metà del primo millennio a.C.. Le antiche talassocrazie avevano capito che il... Continua a leggere →
★★ Per definire il concetto di ausiliario è necessario partire dall'inizio della storia Repubblicana, quando i Romani stavano ancora cercando di affermarsi nel ginepraio della realtà centro-Sud Italiana, districandosi tra le numerose tribù Italiche confinanti il territorio sacro dell'Urbe. Il primo caso di patto giuridico a noi pervenuto è del 493 a.C., quando viene stipulato... Continua a leggere →
★★★ Official War Department doctrine called for tanks to be used as dose support weapons for the infantry, thus the wartime practices for the employment of tanks would continue. A board of officers convened by the War Department in 1919 to study tank tactics recognized the value of tanks as an adjunct to the infantry... Continua a leggere →
★★★ The world war I experience When the United States entered World War I, in April 1917, tanks had yet to prove their capabilities. Following the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Allies had employed tanks with disappointing results. Because of their poor performance, the American Military Mission in Paris declared tanks a failure.... Continua a leggere →
★★★ Army Organization At the turn of the century, there were two major administrative levels in the Ottoman Armed forces, which were the “armies” and the “divisions”. The latter was directly linked to the former and there were no “corps” between them. In addition to their commanders, each army had a chief of staff (erkan-ı... Continua a leggere →
Non refert quam multos, sed quam bonos habeas (It's not how much you have, but how good they are) ★★ Roman shipbuilding was entirely in line with the general Mediterranean tradition. As the analysis of written sources, as well as numerous material evidences - reliefs, mosaics, etc. - shows, the types of ships used by... Continua a leggere →
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