.: CAESAR The Serie - Season 1 - Episode 3 - Part 2

mercredi 12 mars 2025

CAESAR The Serie - Season 1 - Episode 3 - Part 2 - English Version

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- Episode 3: THE BATTLE -

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Part 2: The Tripartite Position

(Triplex Axies)

Summary of the previous part: The Gallic leaders in revolt refused to submit. Julius Caesar decided to begin the battle. The Roman army fired javelins and stones at the Gallic positions.

The Tripartite Position (TRIPLEX ACIES): This was the most common configuration in combat, used primarily in the Mithridatic Wars (88 to 63 BC) in Asia Minor and during the conquest of Gaul (58 to 51 BC).

It took its name from the three main lines (Acies) that comprised the formation until the end of the 2nd century BC: the Hastati (young soldiers), the Principes (elite troops), and the Triarii (veterans). After Marius' reform, each line consisted of three or four cohorts (of 600 men each), spaced equally apart.

Thus, they could retreat without affecting the whole. Behind them was sometimes a line of archers. Arranged in this way, the legions could be surrounded by allied troops, with cavalry completing the formation on the wings.