Page 73 - All About History - Issue 28-15
P. 73
Caesar’s invasion of Britain
Ro itons
LEADER LEADER
GAIUS JULIUS C CASSIVELLAUNUS
STRENGTH OVE STRENGTH
KNOWN BUT LIKELY TO BE
KEY UNIT LEGIO TENS OF THOUSANDS
Well-trained an
equipped KEY UNIT WARRIOR
legionaries had e only accounts of these
to be fit enoug ghters are Roman, which
to march 20 m portray them as reckless
a day, and be a avages. Their tactics and
swim. They we chnology – their copper
highly proficien sulphate war paint, for
engineers and example, had antiseptic
ies – suggest otherwise.
KEY WEAPON
GLADIUS SHORT KEY WEAPON SPEAR
An ideal weapo asuring 2.5m (8ft), these
stabbing and s ars were designed to be
close quarters ed one handed, enabling
from behind a the warrior to fight from
well-disciplined behind a shield, typically
measured 85cm g it to slash downwards
and was forged from above.
73
