Roman troop formation is basically the phalanx which is a wall of small round shields and very long spear. The romans however proved this technique wrong by inventing the legion the legion consists of 1,000 soldiers and centurions who commanded 100 soldiers. Those one hundred would then form lines of large heavy shields and short swords and while the phalanx is coming forward with nothing to stop them. The Romans would hurl javelins at the advancing line. Doing devastating damage before the enemy evened reached the line. So that when they did the spears would meet nothing but shields and do little damage. The soldiers or romans would advance slashing everywhere with there short swords.
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