Bodies falling to the ground.Helpless enemy soldiers are killed instantly be some of the advanced weapons. One day is torn into pieces, the next day, one of best organized cities in the known world. Once this had happened, people knew the Romans were here. One of the most brutal armies of ancient times was the Roman Army. The Roman Empire wouldn't haver exteded from England to Mesopotamia. The Roman Army was known as the strongest army of the ancient times.

The Roman Army was an obedient group. Enemies were afraid of the deadly Roman Army. The Roman Army was powerful and thus, it was a major part in conquering sent by the emperor. The army had soldiers that didn't even live in the area where they were patrolling. Such as soldiers from France were sent to the Greician part of the empire. Rome had the have many legions. A legion contains at least 5,000 soldiers. Legions were directed by a praetor, legatus, one senator, and six nobles. These directors would tell what formations the army should live up in during a battle. Some of the formations were the turtle and the phalanx. The phalanx was an affective way of battle. The soldiers would form about eight rows and point their spears at the opposing army. Roman spears were almost quadruple the size of some the enemy spears. The rows would charge at the enemy at the same time. This way, the spears would reach the other army before the other army reaches them, and instead of one person hitting the enemy first, the rest of the army strikes the enemy with you. When the Romans were either attacking forts or defending themselves, they would use the turtle. The legionnaires put shields on the side and on their heads to protect themselves from the enemy tossing boulders onto the Romans' heads. A smaller group was called a century. A century contained one hundred soldiers. The century had a smaller amount of troops, so the group had to be well led. The century was led by a centurion.

Rome would ask people that were between the ages of 17 and 45 to join the Roman Army. During the ancient times, all the battles were fought on land. Battles were a do or die. If you lost, you lost the land. If you won, the land is yours. One of the reasons the Roman Army was so strong was because they were bribed. You would get rewards if you did certain achievements.

One way the Romans never lost a battle was by using a formation that was genius. In the first row were the javelin throwers. The second row contained the strong swords. Sometimes, a row of archers followed. Once one row was killed, the next would follow. Some warriors were trained, others were prisoners.

The Roman Army used many different tactics to complete sieges with victory. The Romans used a catapult. A catapult was used to destroy the castle of the enemy, so that the Romans could enter. A catapult was very powerful and could knock out anyone it hit. The Romans used help in building the catapult from the Greeks. The catapult gave the Romans a great advantage over their enemies as they could hold a sige at a fortification and place the catapults for maximum efficiency and destroy the enemy which did not surrender. A battering ram would be used to break down any gate that was in front of the army. This was a quicker way of tearing down a wall. Whenever the Romans needed to cross a river quickly, they could do so. They would make poles into the ground and attach ropes. Then the Romns would attach the ropes to make the bridge tighter. Finally, the Romans put logs on to walk over.

The Roman Army's way of transportation was by walking on the famous roads that all led to Rome. The soldiers walked on the road most of the time. The quickest way of travel back then, was by horse, and the Romans used horses. When the soldiers had to go over seas, they would use a boat.

The Roman Army was one of the most ruthless armies in the would. If it weren't for this army, the largest empire ever, would have been nothing. The army was very advanced in technology which led them to any victories. Now we can safely say that the Roman Army was the strongest ever!!!!!