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 Cannae
(216 bc)A battle fought at the village of Cannae in southern Italy, which was one of the classic victories in military history. The Carthaginian general Hannibal, his infantry considerably ...
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 ...
battle of Cynoscephalae
Cynoscephalae, fought in Thessaly in spring 197 bce, marked the decisive and final battle of the Second Macedonian War. It forced the defeated Macedonian king Philip V to enter peace ...
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 ...
centurion
The commander of a century (a company, originally of a hundred men) in the ancient Roman army.
exercise
N.1 (often exercises) a military drill or training maneuver.2 (exercises) ceremonies: graduation exercises.
Franks
A member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterwards. Also (in the eastern Mediterranean region), a person of ...
Gallic Wars
Julius Caesar's campaigns 58–51 bc, which established Roman control over Gaul north of the Alps and west of the River Rhine (Transalpine Gaul). During this period Caesar twice invaded Britain (55 and ...
hospital
Christian hospitals were founded from the 4th cent. onwards and became numerous in the Middle Ages, when they were commonly associated with monastic orders. Most medieval hospitals in England were ...
Huns
A member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries; their famous leader was Attila.In extended usage, Hun denotes a reckless or uncivilized destroyer ...
Latin
(as pronounced by singers and liturgists) Because Latin was not a primary language for anyone in the late MA, its pronunciation differed in a number of ways from that of ...
Military Discipline
Roman military discipline was the organizing concept for the ideology of military service for the Romans throughout the Republic and Empire, and it was also the system of traditions and ...
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 ...
Mithra
God worshipped in four different religions: in Hinduism (as Mitra); in Zoroastrianism (Mithra); in Manichaeism (Mithra), and in the Roman Mithraic mysteries (Mithras). Why this Zoroastrianized ...
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.[...]
