Roman Republican Legion

Roman Republican Legion

Prior to the reforms of Marius in the late 2nd and early first century BC, the Republican Roman Legion had a completely different organization than that which is commonly illustrated for the Imperial period. The earliest Roman army was based originally on the Greek Phalanx system, and the legion continued to evolve from that origin, and from elements of Latin tribes in Italy. By the time the Romans began to resist the yoke of Etruscan rule, the unique legionary system was firmly rooted....