Equipment
Equipment
Forts
Invasions of Britain
This is the answer, what is the question?
100
What was the Latin name of a legionary's sword?
gladius
100
What shape was a legionary's scutum (shield)?
Rectangular (and convex)
100
What might a Roman fort's ditch have in it?
caltrops / ankle-breakers
100
Which emperor ordered the first successful invasion of Britain?
Claudius
100
60AD
When was Boudicca's rebellion / When was the Lunt fort built?
200
Why did the pilum have a soft iron head?
To bend on impact, and get stuck in enemy shields / bodies
200
What did a legionary wear (directly) under their armour?
a tunic (tunica)
200
How many ordinary legionaries shared a bedroom?
8
200
What was one major reason for the invasion of Britain?
Military glory / pride / metal ores / revenge for Caesar's failed invasion
200
80 men
How many Roman soldiers are in a century?
300
How many pila did a legionary usually carry?
2
300
What is the Latin name for helmet?
galea
300
What were the gates of Roman forts protected by?
2 ballistae
300
What did the emperor bring with him when he took the capital city of Camulodunum
War Elephants
300
43AD
When did Emperor Claudius invade?
400
What was the Latin name of the sword Roman cavalry used?
spatha
400
What was the Latin name of the armour most legionaries around 65AD wore?
lorica segmentata
400
Where was a legionary's bread made in a fort?
In the bread ovens, built into the rampart
400
Which part of Britain was never successfully invaded by the Romans?
Scotland
400
As part of a blockade of the Forest of Arden
Why was the Lunt fort built?
500
How many legionaries were in a cohort?
480
500
What was the approximate maximum range of a Roman ballista?
About 400m
500
What is the Latin name for the place only standard-bearers could enter?
sacellum
500
Who was the Roman general who actually commanded the first successful invasion of Britain?
Aulus Plautius
500
The Catuvellauni
Which tribe was the main enemy of both Caesar's and Claudius' invasions?
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