New Releases for May 2021 - Ancient Collection (1 Viewer)

[Julie]

NEW RELEASES FOR MAY 2021
THE ANCIENTS COLLECTION
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
REPUBLICAN ROMANS
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC

By the first decades of the 1st century, the COHORT had replaced the maniple as the standard tactical unit of the legions.
The three lines of the manipular legion were combined to form the cohort, which generally numbered about 480 to 500 men. Maniples and centuries continued to be used as military and administrative subdivisions for the cohort.
There were six centuries in a cohort, which were now all 80-men strong.
Each Centuria was commanded by a Centurion, and also included an Optio, a Signifer and a Cornicen.

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
CENTURION.
(1 pc)

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
CENTURION.
(1 pc)

The Centurions also appointed the bravest men as standard bearers, or Signifers.
A signifer was a standard bearer of the Roman legions. He carried a signum (standard) for a cohort or century. Each century had a signifer so there were 59 in a legion. Within each cohort, the first century's signifer would be the senior one.
The signum that he carried was the military emblem of that unit. It had a number of phalarae (disks or medallions) along with a number of other elements mounted on a pole. The pole could be topped with a leaf-shaped spear head or later a manus (open human hand) image denoting the oath of loyalty taken by the soldiers. It sometimes included a representation of a wreath, probably denoting an honour or award.
The task of carrying the signum in battle was dangerous, as the soldier had to stand in the first rank and could carry only a small buckler. It was that banner that the men from each individual century would rally around. A soldier could also gain the position of discentes signiferorum, or standard bearer in training. If the signifer was lost in battle, the whole unit was dishonored.
In addition to carrying the signum, the signifer also assumed responsibility for the financial administration of the unit and functioned as the legionaries' banker. He was paid twice the basic wage.

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
SIGNIFER.
(1 pc)

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
SIGNIFER.
(1 pc)

An Optio was an officer appointed by the centurion, and was stationed at the rear of the centuria to keep the troops in order. Their duties would include enforcing the orders of the centurion, taking over the centurion's command in battle should the need arise, supervising his subordinates, and a variety of administration duties. Optio pay was double the standard legionary pay and they were the most likely men to replace the centurion if the position became vacant.
A Centurion at this time can be distinguished from other Legionaries by several methods. He usually wore greaves, and the crest of his helmet was usually turned so it ran transversely across the helmet. His sword was worn on the left and his dagger on the right which is the opposite of a Legionaire.

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
CORNICEN.
(1 pc)

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
CORNICEN.
(1 pc)


Each Centuria would also contain a hornblower or Cornicines. A cornicen (plural cornicines) was a junior officer in the Roman Army. The cornicen's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The cornicines played the cornu (making him an aeneator). Cornicines always marched at the head of the centuries, with the signifer. The cornicines were also used as assistants to a centurion (like an optio). The cornicen was a duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.

The legion was now composed of ten cohorts rather than thirty maniples, and numbered an average of about 5,000 men.

 

[Julie]

ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
GERMANIC WARRIORS

Following two decades of Roman occupation, Germania Magna erupted into revolt in AD 9, resulting in the stunning loss of three Roman legions to an alliance of Germanic nations at Teutoburg. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster by Roman historians, took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.
The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus' auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses.
Despite several successful campaigns and raids by the Romans in the years after the battle, they never again attempted to conquer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine river. The victory of the Germanic tribes against Rome's legions in the Teutoburg Forest would have far-reaching effects on the subsequent history of both the ancient Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire. Contemporary and modern
historians have generally regarded Arminius' victory over Varus as "Rome's greatest defeat", one of the most decisive battles recorded in military history, and as "a turning-point in world history"

The Cherusci nation, was a Germanic tribe that fought at the Teutoburg Pass, Weser River, Idistaviso and the Agrivarian Wall under its war chief Arminius. These warriors were perfectly equipped for the Germanic landscape of open fields, forests and swamps. The weapons which were used included the long lance or Framea, which could be swung, thrust or thrown at an opponent.
Hair was grown long and often tied up in a figure of eight or “Suebian” knot.
In the Cherusci warrior the Roman Legionary met a formidable opponent. The Germanic warrior was a well trained, battle-hardened, combat ready and motivated fighter, who excelled in irregular warfare, ambushes, raids and petty warfare. In an ambush the lightly armed Germanic fighter could decisively defeat a heavily equipped legionary by using surprise and the terrain to his advantage.
In a set-piece battle the German could stand up to the Roman Leginary discipline and formations for a while, but in close quarters combat the advantage eventually shifted to the legionary, as at the Battle of Idistaviso, and the Angrivarian Wall.

AG-08A
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
GERMANIC WARRIORS,
CHERUSCI WARRIOR .
(2 pcs)

AG-08B
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
GERMANIC WARRIORS,
CHERUSCI WARRIOR .
(2 pcs)

PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE THE LAST RELEASE FOR THE GERMANIC WARRIORS.


PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

 

[NZGary]

I will order one of the Germans to go with Thomas Gun's latest Teutoburg Forest Roman figures and the late Roman republic figures with Red shields. John does ancients really well.

 

[jason foote]

This might be the last of the Germans? I think? I am quite glad there are no figures for the ship this month. John already has enough of my cash this month!