1. How was ancient Rome
successful in war?
Made By: Floris Faas
Grade 7, Mrs. Wilson

2. The Gladius
• The Gladius was a small sword for mostly stabbing
in a war. Because of the limited space on the
Warfield, they couldn’t use long sword to swing
around with. The Gladius was invented by Spain. But
because Ancient Rome took over Spain, so they
used the weapons they had to fight in a war. But
after a while the Romans went back to the weapon it
all begun with, the spear.

3. The Pilum
• The Pilum war use by a lot of roman warriors. They
used the Gladius or Pilum. It war used by most
warriors that could throw a nice distance with it. It
was designed to punch through a enemies shield
and body. It was 2 foot long. (60 cm) Most warriors
carried 2 Pilums if they used them. They threw them
when the enemy charged them.

4. The Plum
• Beside heavy armed soldiers, the Romans also had
other specialized troops. There light armed soldiers,
called Velites. They used Plumbata to throw to the
enemies. They had longer range than the Pilum, but
they weren’t as strong as Pilums. Than there when
soldiers called, Sagittarius. They used bow and
arrow.. they made theme of horn and wood, and held
it together with sinew and hide glue.

5. Tactics
• Tactics in ancient Rome where really important for
the army. If the army didn’t have such a good tactics,
they wouldn’t be so successful. But they didn’t just
have one tactic, they had tons of tactics. They used a
different tactic every time they had a war. Because
otherwise people would know what the tactic would
be and maybe copy it, or make a tactic that is good
against it.

6. Protection
• The protection of the soldiers is also really
important. If they didn’t have the armour, they
probably wouldn’t be as successful as they were.
The gladiator had full armour. They wore iron armour
on there arm, legs, chest, a helmet, and lower body.
They protected them from, slow incoming arrows,
and if someone hits them with a sword from the side,
it would slide of the armour and not kill them.

7. Weapon win in a battle
• If the Romans won a battle, they reused the weapons
they found. For example a army fight against the
Roman Army, and the Roman Army wins, they take
the weapons from the enemy and use them there
self’s. So they don’t have to make a lot of weapons.
So a lot of the weapons that Ancient Rome used,
wasn’t there invention.

8. values that ancient Romans get
from war
• When they had a war, and they won the war. they
would get the values that the enemy carried with
them. Because they could just take it. but when they
took over a whole country, they would be able to
take the money and values from the king or queen
they had. so they would get a lot of money. With all
of that money, they would be able to buy thing to
upgrade there army or build new cannons. So they
wouldn't do a job to get money, they would just steal
it or get it from the people that they attacked.

9. the roman empire
• The roman empire was an area that the Romans
ruled in the 1st century, until the 5th. They organized
really well and had a good army. They had good
tactics to win battles and capture countries. All the
battles that they fought, they took over a big part of a
kingdom. And every time they had a war, they almost
won it. The roman empire ruled for a long time, until
the lost a battle and started to loose a lot of land.
The roman empire war ruled by a lot of different
people, because it was a really big area. So there
wasn't one big ruler, but a few.

10. the roman empire

11. War
• Ancient Romans where involved in 8 wars. They had
more fights, but those weren’t really big as wars. The
wars that they had, were over really big pieces of land.
But the small fights would be over a small piece of land.
They fought until they had a lot of land. That land was
called “The Roman Empire.” They ruled it for long, but
than had another war and lost it.

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