New Releases for October 2018 - Armies & Enemies of Rome (1 Viewer)

[jjDesigns]

NEW RELEASES FOR OCTOBER 2018
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ROME
TURF AND TIMBER ROMAN FORT

Roman forts, also known as castra, could be found all over the Roman Empire. The huge empire stretched from northern England to North Africa and from Portugal to the Middle East.

A Roman fort could be built in timber and turf, or in stone, or even a combination of both.
Turf and Timber was quick, easy to obtain, and extremely effective.
From the first century AD or earlier, Turf and Timber forts were common, but after that date forts were normally built in stone, because with settled frontiers units were far less likely to move on from permanent bases.
Some Roman forts could hold up to 6,000 people. As well as barracks for soldiers, they had stables, a butcher shop and bakery and administrative offices.


In the village of Baginton, near Coventry, a Roman fort has been reconstructed by archaeologists.
Made from timber and turf, the Lunt Roman Fort is an example of the type of buildings the Roman Army constructed in Britain in the years during and after the uprising by Boudicca.



RRFORT-02
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
TURF AND TIMBER ROMAN FORT,
STRAIGHT WALL SECTION, WITH TOWER.
(20 pcs)


**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SHARPENED STAKES (LILIA) AND IRON SPIKES (STIMULI) ARE NOT ATTACHED TO THE STRAIGHT WALL SECTION.
THESE CAN BE PLACED IN ANY OF THE RELEVANT HOLES PROVIDED. **



The Turf and Timber Roman fort can also be used for the Battle of Alesia displays.
The Battle of Alesia took place in September, 52 BC around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia, a major town centre and hill fort of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by an army of the Roman Republic commanded by Julius Caesar against Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni. It was the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans and the end of organized resistance to the Roman Empire, marking the turning point of the Gallic Wars in favour of Rome
To guarantee a perfect blockade, Caesar ordered the construction of an encircling set of fortifications, called a circumvallation, around Alesia. The details are known from Caesar's Commentaries. About 18 kilometres of 4 metre high fortifications were constructed in about three weeks . This line was followed inwards by two four-and-a-half metre wide ditches, also four-and-a-half metres deep. The farthest from the fortification was filled with water from the surrounding rivers. These fortifications were supplemented with mantraps and deep holes in front of the ditches, and regularly spaced watch towers equipped with Roman artillery. Vercingetorix's cavalry often raided the construction works attempting to prevent full enclosure. Caesar ordered the construction of a second line of fortifications, the contravallation, facing outward and encircling his army between it and the first set of walls. The second line was identical to the first in design and extended for 21 kilometres.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT COLLECTORS HAD SUGGESTED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE A STRAIGHT WALL SECTION WITHOUT THE TOWER. THIS WILL BE PRODUCED AT A LATER DATE**



**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SHARPENED STAKES (LILIA) AND IRON SPIKES (STIMULI) ARE NOT ATTACHED TO THE STRAIGHT WALL SECTION.
THESE CAN BE PLACED IN ANY OF THE RELEVANT HOLES PROVIDED. **

 

[jjDesigns]

REPUBLICAN ROMANS

The Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire. It was during this period that Rome's control expanded from the city's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world.

Roman government was headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and advised by a senate composed of appointed magistrates. As Roman society was very hierarchical by modern standards, the evolution of the Roman government was heavily influenced by the struggle between the patricians, Rome's land-holding aristocracy, who traced their ancestry to the founding of Rome, and the plebeians, the far more numerous citizen-commoners. Over time, the laws that gave patricians exclusive rights to Rome's highest offices were repealed or weakened, and leading plebeian families became full members of the aristocracy. The leaders of the Republic developed a strong tradition and morality requiring public service and patronage in peace and war, making military and political success inextricably linked. Many of Rome's legal and legislative structures (later codified into the Justinian Code, and again into the Napoleonic Code) can still be observed throughout Europe and much of the world in modern nation states and international organizations.

During the first two centuries of its existence, the Roman Republic expanded through a combination of conquest and alliance, from central Italy to the entire Italian peninsula. By the following century, it included North Africa, most of the Iberian Peninsula, and what is now southern France. Two centuries after that, towards the end of the 1st century BC, it included the rest of modern France, Greece, and much of the eastern Mediterranean. By this time, internal tensions led to a series of civil wars, culminating with the assassination of Julius Caesar, which led to the transition from republic to empire.

Historians have variously proposed Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 BC, Caesar's appointment as dictator for life in 44 BC, and the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. However, most use the same date as did the ancient Romans themselves, the Roman Senate's grant of extraordinary powers to Octavian and his adopting the title Augustus in 27 BC, as the defining event ending the Republic.

THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC

The Roman army of the late Republic refers to the armed forces deployed by the late Roman Republic, from the beginning of the first century B.C. until the establishment of the Imperial Roman army by Augustus in 30 B.C.
Shaped by major social, political, and economic change, the late Republic saw the transition from the Roman army of the mid-Republic, which was a temporary levy based solely on the conscription of Roman citizens, to the Imperial Roman army of the Principate, which was a standing, professional army based on the recruitment of volunteers



RR-07R
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)



RR-08R
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)



RR-09R
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)


The Scutum was a type of shield used among Italic peoples in antiquity, and then by the army of ancient Rome starting about the fourth century BC. The Romans adopted it when they switched from the military formation of the hoplite phalanx of the Greeks to the formation with maniples. In the former, the soldiers carried a round shield, which the Romans called clipeus. In the latter, they used the scutum, which was a larger shield. Originally it was an oblong and convex shield. By the first century BC it had developed into the rectangular, semi-cylindrical shield that is popularly associated with the scutum in modern times. This was not the only shield the Romans used; Roman shields were of varying types depending on the role of the soldier who carried it. Oval, circular and rectangular shields were used throughout Roman history.

 

[jjDesigns]

RR-07W
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)



RR-08W
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)



RR-09W
ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE LATE REPUBLIC,
LATE REPUBLICAN LEGIONNAIRE.
(1 pcs)

 

[Sahara]

Nice releases. I look forward to adding these to my collection.

 

[mikemiller1955]

I just ordered multiple of these

 

[Dragoon]

Who knew picking a shield color could be such a tough decision.

 

[Currahee Chris]

While I think FL's Persian War Elephant is the front runner for release of the year, this Turf Timber fort is a very very close second place. It has been missing from Roman collectors for so long now and these pieces just exceed every expectation I ever had. Very very well done.

 

[Dragoon]

These fine fellows showed up this week. Decided to start with the white shields. - If these Romans stay available for awhile, I'll also get some red.