ALL 12 FACTS

ONLY MEN OVER THE AGE OF TWENTY COULD BECOME A SOILDER.

ALL REGULAR ROMAN SOILDERS WHERE ROMAN CITIZENS.

NON-ROMAN CITIZENS WERE STILL ABLE TO FIGHT FOR ROME.

ONLY MEN WHERE ALLOWED TO BE ROMAN SOLDIERS

THE VIDEO GIVES GIVES A GOOD PICTURE OF THE ROMAN LEGION

THE ROMAN ARMY WAS INCREDIBLY ORGANISED

THE ROMAN ARMY WAS WELL-TRAINED AND HIGHLY DISCIPLINED.

30 LEGIONS FROM 4,000 TO 6,000 SOLDIERS

THE SOLDIERS HAD TO ATLEST BE 20

EACH LEGION ALSO HAD A GROUP OF 120 HORSEMEN ATTACHED TO IT.

THE FIRST COHORT IN EVERY LEGION WAS LARGER THAN THE OTHERS.

A NORMAL COHORT CONTAINED 480 SOLDIERS.