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The roman army was divided into Legions.80 men were in a century. The army’s motto was Strength and Honour. The Legion was very organized. The lesser classes bore lesser armament and weaponry, the fifth class carrying no armour at all, solely armed with slings. The army officers as well as the cavalry were drawn from leading citizens who were enrolled as equestrians.In the early fourth century BC Rome received its greatest humiliation, as the Gauls sacked Rome itself.If Rome was to reestablish her authority of central Italy, and be prepared to meet any similar disasters in future, some reorganization was needed.Italy was not governed by city states like Greece, where armies met on large plains, deemed suitable by both sides, to reach a decision.Far more it was a collection of hill tribes using the difficult terrain to their advantage. Something JAKUB.