what made the roman army so good?

Answer 1

Determination and professional status. Before Rome, most armies were part-time farmers who could only fight after the harvest. Rome made a professional soldiers and provided them with uniforms, training, and weapons. In the past, the soldiers had to provide their own weapons. Rome's greatest successes occurred during harvest times, when other armies were busy taking care of their crops.

Answer 2

They were the first modern professional army. Most of the armies they faced would be called mobs today. Very few were permanent forces that trained together. Most would form to fight a battle or war, then disband again. The Roman Army was a permanent force. Their was a clear rank structure. The trained together as a unit. The had a good supply system. They built roads and fortification to ensure the fast movement of soldiers. The had better weapons and technology than their opponents.

The system started to fall apart when their enemies copied their style of combat and developed weapons as good as or better than the Romans.

Answer 3

Discipline, pure and simple. That was a unique feature of any army at the time.

The countries which the Romans succesfully beat in battle tended not to have proper armies but big warlike groups of men with no structure plan or craft.

when the romans did come up against organised or disciplined armies, they tended not to get it all their own way.

Answer 4

The roman army was so successful because: the troops were very well trained. They were very well lead. They had strict rules. Their generals had amazing battle strategies and plans. They had lots of weapons made for each type of situation, such as; javelins, swords, daggers, catapults, bows, shields and chariots. Each legion of the roman army had 5000-6000 men. They fought mostly during harvest time while the other armies were busy looking after their crops.

Answer 5

They were a professional full time army who who were well-trained and well-disciplined.

They were very well organized.

The mobility and flexibility of their formations to manuver on the battlefield.

Excellent infantry man-to-man mass fighting tactics.

Good armor and shields.

Very good weapons such as the gladius (short sword) which were an advantage fighting closed in packed battlefields. The pilum (throwing spear) a very effective throwing weapon that did alot of damage or stuck in the enemy shield forcing him to discard it.

Due to those things mentioned had and advantage and were better in almost every single aspect from the equipment they used, to their style of fighting, to their tactics on the battlefield, than any other enemy infantry at that time.

Its not true they always outnumbered their foes. In numerous occasions they defeated armies larger than themselves.

Answer 6

No other fighting force was trained like them. for instance they had the first standing army so, when it came to war they had the practise and the opposition did not. However they could not use their main method in hilly country which is why the Roman empire did not extent to Scotland or the extreme North of Europe.

Answer 7

Several key factors.

Discipline
Advanced weapons and armour.
Advancted tactics.
Professional soldiers

One of the main reason the empire eventually fell was that the so called barbarians were able to mimic Roman startagies and weapons manufacturing. Once Rome lost this edge, it was a matter of time before it fell.

Answer 8

Great Leaders , big morale, and rich sex life as Rome was sex capitol of Europe in the times of Roman Empire;)
Plus good bonuses for soldiers when they won, and there is a lot of to it.
Being the soldier was a honor back then, and everyone respected soldiers.

Answer 9

Organisation and Equipment (Same as the ancient Greek forces).

Their weaponry was state of the art at the time and their organisation and drill training made them difficult to rout or break ranks. Their adversaries weaponry was barbaric and often to weak to penetrate their armour.

Their weakness was in their mobility and their requirement for supplies. Maintenance of equipment etc. This is why they began to struggle as the empire expanded.

The Mongolians on the other hand were practically self-sufficient fast moving lightly armoured mounted forces. That built the biggest empire known to history.

It is said the sun never set on the mongolian empire.

Answer 10

Superb organisation and tactics: they were one of the few armies of the time to employ formations were each legionnaire protected himself and the others around him (using their massive shields entangled,...in formations like the "turtle"). Romans also were keen to adopt tactics and soldiers from other cultures. High degree of military engineering, both offensive and deffensive.