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Training Firstly Roman soldiers had to be physically fit. Recruits and trained soldiers all had to do running, tree felling, jumping, and, we believe, something like the modern "assault course." This meant going over a number of obstacles in full armour with weapons. Every month there were three eighteen-mile route marches. Legionaries had to cover this distance in a day carrying six pounds of equipment plus armour and weapons. The total weight was as heavy as a sack of coal. If the army was in danger a man might have to march twenty-four miles in a day and build a camp in the evening. So everyone had to be trained and fit. Secondly soldiers had to learn drill. Roman army drill was really practice for the actual movements used in battle. Soldiers learned to march in straight lines, turn from column into line of battle, open and close ranks on...

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