Ancient Roman Military Training

Rome. Rome had one of the largest and powerful armies. Rome’s soldiers had a lot of discipline and had great skill in combat. How they were this way? Training. But the training of ancient roman soldiers was demanding.
Roman soldiers had a lot of discipline. The first thing they were trained to do was march 20 Roman miles in five hours carrying full field pack at miliary speed (“Training”). “Roman soldiers are famous for their discipline in battle and the ability to take orders. They would train in formations ad lines that they also used in battle” (“Training”). Practice hand to hand combat with heavier wooden swords, spears, javelins and shields then the actual weapons.
In Rome there were different jobs to be trained for. They were trained

with different jobs like archery, catapults, crossbows, and calvary (“Roman Soldier”). Soldiers were also trained to swim, fight, build bridges, set up camp anywhere and heal injuries. “Such training wouldn’t be begun until the Legionary had completed most of his training” (Hamper).
There was a lot of soldiers from all over europe in Rome's army. Auxilia were not Roman citizens but were part of their army (“Roman Soldier”). “The main Roman soldiers were called legionaries and they had to be Roman citizens to join. This didn’t mean they had to live in Rome though - many soldiers joined from across the Roman Empire” (“Roman soldier”). “At times it appeared nothing could withstand the mighty legions of Rome” (“Famous Romans”). Soldiers who were not from Rome served 25 years before becoming a Roman citizen.
In conclusion Rome conquered many lands and stood strong for many years because of the hard and almost torturing training.