Summary: Soldier Of Rome
Western History 1
Soldier of Rome
I am Gaius Marius, Roman general. I am an unlawful man that shows total disregard for the rules. Through marriage, in 115 BC I am the uncle to Julius Caesar. After an unsuccessful and unorganized battle in Africa I decided to travel back to Rome to run for counsel and try to convince them to make me the head of all the army in Africa. Our battle in Africa which did not go well and was unorganized which is why I will be traveling back to Rome in hope of becoming commander of all the legions in Africa In 109 BC Rome dispatched Metellus to command the Roman legions in Africa. He was a commander of skill. Taking control of the undisciplined, broken army he reinforced them with stronger troops that he brought …show more content…
Our armor was made strong and flexible made from iron and included our galea (iron helmet, walking around with all this iron is very heavy, but still flexible enough to fight in war. We also had to carry our shield which we used for both protection and as weapons. Along with our variety of weapons which included pugio(dagger), gladius(sword), spatha(long sword), hasta(spear), pilum(javelin), arcus(bow), plumbatae(dart), among others. We are trained to practice often with our weapons which included why we carry wooden swords for sparing so not to hurt no less kill each …show more content…
A special court was even formed to investigate these many allegations of corruption. That along with the evidence of another unsuccessful battle could easily be enough to win the election even though I am late arriving and the election will be in a few day. The senate appointed a consul, who ruled Rome on a year to year basis, this system worked well, because those appointed were not ruling as tyrants or they could be punished by future senate appointees. Finally even though our journey was long and difficult we arrived in Rome and we convinced the Senate to appoint me as consul and lead our Army to victory in Africa, with the promise from me that the war would be over in about a years’ time.
Work Cited
"A Brief History of Rome." A Brief History of Rome. N.p., 21 Nov. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.roman-empire.net/children/history.html>.
"The Late Republic." The Late Republic. N.p., 21 Nov. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/laterep-index.html>.
"Marius." Marius. N.p., 22 Nov. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2014.
Soldier of Rome
I am Gaius Marius, Roman general. I am an unlawful man that shows total disregard for the rules. Through marriage, in 115 BC I am the uncle to Julius Caesar. After an unsuccessful and unorganized battle in Africa I decided to travel back to Rome to run for counsel and try to convince them to make me the head of all the army in Africa. Our battle in Africa which did not go well and was unorganized which is why I will be traveling back to Rome in hope of becoming commander of all the legions in Africa In 109 BC Rome dispatched Metellus to command the Roman legions in Africa. He was a commander of skill. Taking control of the undisciplined, broken army he reinforced them with stronger troops that he brought …show more content…
Our armor was made strong and flexible made from iron and included our galea (iron helmet, walking around with all this iron is very heavy, but still flexible enough to fight in war. We also had to carry our shield which we used for both protection and as weapons. Along with our variety of weapons which included pugio(dagger), gladius(sword), spatha(long sword), hasta(spear), pilum(javelin), arcus(bow), plumbatae(dart), among others. We are trained to practice often with our weapons which included why we carry wooden swords for sparing so not to hurt no less kill each …show more content…
A special court was even formed to investigate these many allegations of corruption. That along with the evidence of another unsuccessful battle could easily be enough to win the election even though I am late arriving and the election will be in a few day. The senate appointed a consul, who ruled Rome on a year to year basis, this system worked well, because those appointed were not ruling as tyrants or they could be punished by future senate appointees. Finally even though our journey was long and difficult we arrived in Rome and we convinced the Senate to appoint me as consul and lead our Army to victory in Africa, with the promise from me that the war would be over in about a years’ time.
Work Cited
"A Brief History of Rome." A Brief History of Rome. N.p., 21 Nov. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.roman-empire.net/children/history.html>.
"The Late Republic." The Late Republic. N.p., 21 Nov. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/laterep-index.html>.
"Marius." Marius. N.p., 22 Nov. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2014.