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Iberian Warriors in the Army of Hannibal

Giuseppe Rava's illustration of a late Bronze Age Mycenaean elite/noble warrior in full 'Dendra' style armour, circa 12th c. BC.

Arms and armor of a Italian, possibly Samnite, warrior, from the time of the second Punic war, 3rd century, BC.

Roman centurion, first cent. CE

This illustration portrays pre-Marius reforms Republican Roman legionaries battling 2-3rd c. BC Celtic warriors. ~ the previous caption claimed this was during the Gallic Wars (58-50 BC). The siege towers make it seem this is the army of Caesar besieging Alessia, but the armour of both the Romans & Celts is from an earlier time.

Peter Connolly's illustration of the Mycenaean and Trojan Heroes of the Iliad.

Naval infantryman (Indicated by the symbols on his blue shield). Early 3rd century CE.

Romans at the Battle of Cannae. Having recovered from their losses at Trebia (218 BC) and Lake Trasimene (217 BC), the Romans decided to engage Hannibal at Cannae, with roughly 86,000 Roman and allied troops. The Romans massed their heavy infantry in a deeper formation than usual while Hannibal utilized the double-envelopment tactic. This was so successful that the Roman army was effectively destroyed as a fighting force.

Roman soldiers, legionaries and auxiliaries in the forests of Germania

The two warriors in the front are Thracian peltasts, the Greek warrior in the back is an Ekdromoi, who were armed like a hoplite but without armour. They were trained to purse enemy warriors that were defeated and started to run from the battlefield.

hoplite marines

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From John Warry's "Warfare in the ancient world", illustration by Jeff Burn: Auxiliary cavalryman of the Early Roman Empire. c. 100CE.

From "Gladiators 100 BC - AD 200"