Friday, August 9, 2024

18.09.24: Level 1; military vocabulary [4]

Note: information on the divisions of the Roman army can be lengthy and involve different interpretations of the numbers of soldiers in each division, and so the vocabulary here is not going into detail; I’ve provided links

auxilia, -ōrum [2 / n / pl]: auxiliary troops

centuria, -ae [1/f]: a company of Roman infantry

cohors, cohortis [3/f]: cohort, a military unit

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=cohors-harpers

cōpiae, -ārum [1 / f / pl]: troops

exercitus, -ūs [4/m]: army

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:id=exercitus-harpers

legiō, legiōnis [3/f]: legion

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=legio-harpers

agmen, agminis [3/m]: column of soldiers

aciēs, aciēī [5/f]: battle-line

aciēs triplex: a type of battle formation

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/160424-acies-triplex.html

castra, castrorum [2 / n / pl]: camp

fossa, -ae [1/f]: ditch; moat

impedimenta [2 / n / pl]: luggage; equipment i.e. everything that the army took with them

ōrdō, ōrdinis [3/m]: line / rank of soldiers

tormentum, -ī [2/n]: siege machine

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/130724-examples-of-roman-seige-engines.html

vāllum, -ī [2/n]: (defensive) wall; rampart



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