Triarii (sg.: triarius) were one of the elements of the early Roman military manipular legions of the early Roman Republic (509 BC – 107 BC). They were...
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Triarii is a one-man music project from the genre of martial industrial, whose name derives from the elite soldiers of the Roman battle order, the Triarians...
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starting at the front: the velites; the hastati; the principes; and the triarii. These were divided by experience, with the younger soldiers at the front...
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formation with assistance from skirmishers. The exception to this was the triarii, the final line of the formation who instead fought as hoplites, using...
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pre-Marian armies, who were less well-equipped than the older Principes and Triarii. These formed the first line of battle in front of the Principes. Hastatus...
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in the ancient pre-Marian Roman army. They may have been used with the triarii in battle near the final stages of fighting, since they are recorded as...
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seniority but opposite battle order; Of the centuriae of a manipulus of Triarii; Pilus Prior Pilus Posterior Of the centuriae of a manipulus of Principes;...
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first battle line, in front of the principes of the second line and the triarii of the third. In a pitched battle, the leves would form up at the front...
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classes based on wealth, the principes being the wealthiest after the triarii. Principes were armed with a pilum, which is a throwing spear, and a sword...
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number of them were attached to each maniple of hastati, principes and triarii. They were typically used as a screening force, driving off enemy skirmishers...
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the manipular system. The triarii were the last vestige of this older style of warfare in the Roman republic. The triarii were usually called in to end...
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re-armed with pila and gladii, and the hasta was only retained by the triarii. Unlike the pilum, verutum and lancea, the hasta was not thrown, but used...
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followed by principes, and finally triarii for the most experienced. Pilus was a name for a maniple of triarii, reflecting their use as spearmen, pilum...
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retire behind the triarii, who would then engage the enemy in turn—hence the expression rem ad Triarios redisse, "it has come to the triarii"—signalling an...
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The primus pilus (lit. "first maniple of triarii") or primipilus was the senior centurion of the first cohort in a Roman legion, a formation of five double-strength...
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would divide the Roman army into three units, hastati, principes, and triarii. Later, in 107 BCE, Marius would institute the so-called Marian reforms...
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Valeria gens (section Valerii Triarii)
someone with inward-pointing toes, resembling talons. The plebeian Valerii Triarii belong to the time of Cicero, in the first century BC. None of them rose...
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have been pikemen, but rather standard battle line troops or possibly Triarii. Caracalla's mania for Alexander went so far that Caracalla visited Alexandria...
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Triaria gens (section Undated Triarii)
writers, but two of them attained the consulship in imperial times. Other Triarii are known from inscriptions. The nomen Triarius is based on the Latin number...
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first line, the principes in the second line and the triarii in the third line. While the triarii were still armed with hastae, the hastati and the principes...
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hastati in the front rank also carried two javelins each; the principes and triarii, in the second and third ranks, respectively, had thrusting spears instead...
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in the same manner as the hastati, but wore a lighter coat of mail. The triarii formed the third line. They were the last remnant of the hoplite-style...
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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...
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sections: the three lines of manipular heavy infantry (hastati, principes and triarii), a force of light infantry (velites), and the cavalry (equites). With...
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javelins (pilum). In the end only the triarii would keep a long spear (hasta) as their main weapon. The triarii would still fight in a traditional phalanx...
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two javelins; while the second and third ranks, known as principes and triarii respectively, had a thrusting spear instead. Both legionary sub-units and...
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have been pikemen, but rather standard battle line troops or possibly triarii. Caracalla's mania for Alexander went so far that he visited Alexandria...
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rear) hastati (literally: 'spear-bearers'), principes ('main-liners') and triarii ('third-rankers'). It is presumed that originally all three lines were...
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types, and the legions retained such phalanx-style holdovers like the triarii, later writers would attribute to Marius the implementation of one consistent...
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at the top of a pike. The eagle was entrusted to the centurions of the Triarii. In the age of the Emperors, the armies were often identified by a silver...
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