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THE ANCIENTS COLLECTION
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
REPUBLICAN ROMANS
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS
During the Republican period armies were frequently commanded by one of the two elected ruling consuls.
In peacetime consuls would wear a white toga and tunic decorated with purple stripes and white boots.
In times of war the toga was laid aside for the military cloak, which was a scarlet colour made from the dye of the “coccum”, and was specifically reserved for the military cloak of generals. Tunics and even boots were scarlet, along with the horse furniture.
MRR-01
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
MID REPUBLICAN ROMAN,
ROMAN GENERAL
(2 pcs)
The Consul is believed to date back to the traditional establishment of the Republic in 509 BC.
Two Consuls were elected each year, serving together , each with veto power over the other’s actions. The consuls were elected by the Comitia Centuriata.
Consuls had extensive powers in peacetime, and in wartime often held the highest military command, which included reading auguries, an essential step before leading armies into the field.
ANCIENT GAULS
The Gauls were Celtic peoples inhabiting Gaul in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD).
The Gauls emerged around the 5th century BC as the bearers of the La Tène culture north of the Alps (spread across the lands between the Seine, Middle Rhine and upper Elbe). By the 4th century BC, they spread over much of what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic by virtue of controlling the trade routes along the river systems of the Rhône, Seine, Rhine, and Danube, and they quickly expanded into Northern Italy, the Balkans, Transylvania and Galatia. Gaul was never united under a single ruler or government, but the Gallic tribes were capable of uniting their forces in large-scale military operations. They reached the peak of their power in the early 3rd century BC. The rising Roman Republic after the end of the First Punic War increasingly put pressure on the Gallic sphere of influence; the Battle of Telamon of 225 BC heralded a gradual decline of Gallic power over the 2nd century, until the eventual conquest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars of the 50s BC. After this, Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire, and the Gauls were culturally assimilated into a Gallo-Roman culture, losing their tribal identities by the end of the 1st century AD.
AERCAV-06A
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
ANCIENT GAULS,
GAUL CAVALRY,
(2 pcs)
AERCAV-06B
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
ANCIENT GAULS,
GAUL CAVALRY,
(2 pcs)
THE SPANISH
There is some confusion over the precise identity of the Spanish troops that fought in the Punic Wars. The original inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula were the Iberians, a Caucasoid people who were famed as warriors, and who served as mercenaries in many parts of the Mediterranean world. They served as mercenaries in the Carthaginian armies from at least 342BC.
By the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Century BC the Celts,9who had invaded from the North) and Iberians had merged to form a distinctive new people in the north east and central plateau of the peninsula, known as the Celt-Iberians.
The Celt-Iberians fought for the Carthaginians and by the time of the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Punic War it is thought that both soldiers were similar in appearance and equipment.
CTSP-03
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE SPANISH,
IBERIAN LIGHT CAVALRY.
(2 pcs)
** PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION **
THE ANCIENTS COLLECTION
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
REPUBLICAN ROMANS
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS
During the Republican period armies were frequently commanded by one of the two elected ruling consuls.
In peacetime consuls would wear a white toga and tunic decorated with purple stripes and white boots.
In times of war the toga was laid aside for the military cloak, which was a scarlet colour made from the dye of the “coccum”, and was specifically reserved for the military cloak of generals. Tunics and even boots were scarlet, along with the horse furniture.
MRR-01
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
MID REPUBLICAN ROMAN,
ROMAN GENERAL
(2 pcs)
The Consul is believed to date back to the traditional establishment of the Republic in 509 BC.
Two Consuls were elected each year, serving together , each with veto power over the other’s actions. The consuls were elected by the Comitia Centuriata.
Consuls had extensive powers in peacetime, and in wartime often held the highest military command, which included reading auguries, an essential step before leading armies into the field.
ANCIENT GAULS
The Gauls were Celtic peoples inhabiting Gaul in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD).
The Gauls emerged around the 5th century BC as the bearers of the La Tène culture north of the Alps (spread across the lands between the Seine, Middle Rhine and upper Elbe). By the 4th century BC, they spread over much of what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic by virtue of controlling the trade routes along the river systems of the Rhône, Seine, Rhine, and Danube, and they quickly expanded into Northern Italy, the Balkans, Transylvania and Galatia. Gaul was never united under a single ruler or government, but the Gallic tribes were capable of uniting their forces in large-scale military operations. They reached the peak of their power in the early 3rd century BC. The rising Roman Republic after the end of the First Punic War increasingly put pressure on the Gallic sphere of influence; the Battle of Telamon of 225 BC heralded a gradual decline of Gallic power over the 2nd century, until the eventual conquest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars of the 50s BC. After this, Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire, and the Gauls were culturally assimilated into a Gallo-Roman culture, losing their tribal identities by the end of the 1st century AD.
AERCAV-06A
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
ANCIENT GAULS,
GAUL CAVALRY,
(2 pcs)
AERCAV-06B
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
ANCIENT GAULS,
GAUL CAVALRY,
(2 pcs)
THE SPANISH
There is some confusion over the precise identity of the Spanish troops that fought in the Punic Wars. The original inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula were the Iberians, a Caucasoid people who were famed as warriors, and who served as mercenaries in many parts of the Mediterranean world. They served as mercenaries in the Carthaginian armies from at least 342BC.
By the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Century BC the Celts,9who had invaded from the North) and Iberians had merged to form a distinctive new people in the north east and central plateau of the peninsula, known as the Celt-Iberians.
The Celt-Iberians fought for the Carthaginians and by the time of the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Punic War it is thought that both soldiers were similar in appearance and equipment.
CTSP-03
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE SPANISH,
IBERIAN LIGHT CAVALRY.
(2 pcs)
** PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION **
