• Hastati (sg.: hastatus) were a class of infantry employed in the armies of the early Roman Republic, who originally fought as spearmen and later as swordsmen...
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    than the hastati, and having more experience on the battlefield, they would take up the second line in the battle in the event the Hastati failed or...
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  • the hastati. Both Bahmanyar and Goldsworthy suggest this was an opportunity for the Carthaginian third line to counter-attack the disorganised hastati, but...
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  • was organized into four lines, starting at the front: the velites; the hastati; the principes; and the triarii. These were divided by experience, with...
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    form their own units; a number of them were attached to each maniple of hastati, principes and triarii. They were typically used as a screening force,...
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    the pre-Marian Roman Republic included the hastati, principes, and triarii (although depending how the hastati were armed and armored, they could also be...
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    the advance of the hastati. If the hastati failed to break the enemy, they would fall back on the principes, who along with the hastati, had been re-equipped...
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  • legionaries, for which the Roman soldiers known as hastati were named. In later republican times, the hastati were re-armed with pila and gladii, and the hasta...
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    Principes; Princeps Prior Princeps Posterior Of the centuriae of a manipulus of Hastati; Hastatus Prior Hastatus Posterior For the Imperial and late Republican...
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  • Hastatis is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. Hastatis auricollis Buquet, 1857 Hastatis denticollis Buquet, 1857 Hastatis femoralis...
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  • the maniple system, which would divide the Roman army into three units, hastati, principes, and triarii. Later, in 107 BCE, Marius would institute the...
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  • the enemy with javelin fire to cover the advance of the hastati (light spearmen). If the hastati failed to break the enemy during their engagement, they...
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  • COVELLITE, Dark Seoul, GOP, Group 77, Guardian of Peace, Guardians of Peace, Hastati Group, HIDDEN COBRA, Labyrinth Chollima, Lazarus, NewRomantic Cyber Army...
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  • Look up hastatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. the singular of hastati, a class of infantry in the armies of the early Roman Republic who originally...
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    Republican legion consisted of five sections: manipular heavy infantry (hastati, principes and triarii), a force of light infantry (velites), and the cavalry...
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  • Principes. Hastatus Prior – A centurion commanding a manipulus or centuria of hastati. A high-ranking officer within a manipulus or centuria. Hastatus Posterior...
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    based on the three heavy infantry types: The first line maniple was the hastati, infantry soldiers who wore a bronze breastplate and a bronze helmet and...
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  • they were not part of the line in the same way as triarii, principes and hastati were. They may also have been the light equivalent of the triarii, just...
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  • skirmishing purposes, unlike the heavier pilum, which was used by the hastati and principes for weakening the enemy before advancing into close combat...
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    armed with hastae, the hastati and the principes were rearmed with short swords and heavy javelins. Each soldier from the hastati and principes lines carried...
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  • maniples of hastati, would form up at the front of the legion and harass the enemy with javelin fire and cover the advance of the hastati, spear armed...
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  • Republican manipular legions, where troops were grouped into three rankings; hastati for the most inexperienced, followed by principes, and finally triarii...
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  • Hastatis femoralis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Burmeister in 1865. It is known from Argentina. BioLib...
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  • types they did not form their own units, but were assigned to units of hastati – heavier sword-armed troops. Their primary purpose on the battlefield...
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    three lines (triplex acies) of heavy infantry, called (front to rear) hastati (literally: 'spear-bearers'), principes ('main-liners') and triarii ('third-rankers')...
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    even greater scale. The principes were stationed immediately behind the hastati, ready to push forward at first contact to ensure the Romans presented...
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  • with standard weapons and fighting techniques. "Hastiliarius" comes from hastati, which refer to raw troops in the Roman army. These raw troops often made...
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    Lightly equipped velites acted as skirmishers armed with light javelins. The hastati and principes formed the main attacking strength of the legion with swords...
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  • acies) based on the three heavy infantry types of hastati, principes and triarii. The first type, the hastati, typically formed the first rank in battle formation...
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    heavy infantry, and despite their superior arms the hastati could not break them. Eventually, the hastati were rotated back, the more experienced principes...
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