baggage
Generic term covering the portable equipment of an army. In the ancient world the logistic needs of armies were relatively straightforward compared to the complex array matériel needed today. Despite ...
battle of Carrhae
(53 bc),the first encounter between the Parthians and a Roman army, to its misfortune led by Crassus. He was one of the triumvirate that dominated Rome and wanted to ...
Byzantine army
This was a continuation of the Roman army. By the end of the 3rd century the wars of conquest were over and the army's role was to protect the imperial ...
exercise
N.1 (often exercises) a military drill or training maneuver.2 (exercises) ceremonies: graduation exercises.
military Medicine
Australian military history is inextricably linked with the history of military and naval medicine and health. European colonisation in Australia was made possible by the conquest of scurvy, for ...
military punishments
These have in general been distinguished from their civilian equivalent by the fact that they are very task-specific. In the Roman army, the first military organization which we know to ...
pioneer
N. a member of an infantry group preparing roads or terrain for the main body of troops.v.open up (a road or terrain) as a pioneer.n. a member ...
rank
Close ranks unite in order to defend common interests; the idea is of a body of soldiers coming closer together in a line when under attack.rise through (or from) the ranks (of a private or a ...
recruitment
N.1 the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces.2 the action of finding new people to join an organization or support a cause: the recruitment of nurses.[...]
