The Romans would also give careful consideration to where the battle should be fought. The Roman commanders would like to try and get the higher ground when possible; and would also like to ensure that the sun and wind were behind their soldiers. Romans military were extremely good at siege tactics. Roman engineers developed several different devices that could throw stones and javelins long distances; the most important of these were the catapulta, ballista, ad onager. In the movie Spartacus the deployment of the Roman army is very interesting. In the battle scene you see a deployment of a legion in a quincunx formation (checker board pattern) this shows the discipline and organization of the Roman army. As the Roman army comes closer to Spartacus' slave army the front legion starts to form a solid front line and they would continue moving forward. As the front group is lining up you can see the back legionaries coming together into one group. As an opponent seeing this it can be quiet intimating. While there were some discrepancies in the final battle the director, Stanley Kubrick, did a good job at keeping it as accurate as
The Romans would also give careful consideration to where the battle should be fought. The Roman commanders would like to try and get the higher ground when possible; and would also like to ensure that the sun and wind were behind their soldiers. Romans military were extremely good at siege tactics. Roman engineers developed several different devices that could throw stones and javelins long distances; the most important of these were the catapulta, ballista, ad onager. In the movie Spartacus the deployment of the Roman army is very interesting. In the battle scene you see a deployment of a legion in a quincunx formation (checker board pattern) this shows the discipline and organization of the Roman army. As the Roman army comes closer to Spartacus' slave army the front legion starts to form a solid front line and they would continue moving forward. As the front group is lining up you can see the back legionaries coming together into one group. As an opponent seeing this it can be quiet intimating. While there were some discrepancies in the final battle the director, Stanley Kubrick, did a good job at keeping it as accurate as