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- The Hastati, which translates to "First Line Soldiers" in Japanese, were one of the legion-type units in the Roman Republic's army before Marius' military reforms.
- The Hastati were mainly young men armed with a sword (gladius), a javelin (pilum) and a large shield (scutum).
- Armor was purchased at the expense of the wearer's own money, so it is believed that only the wealthy could afford it.
- In the early Republican battlefields, they fought alongside the principes and triarii, wielding long spears and employing Greek-style heavy infantry tactics.
- However, they often struggled against the Samnites and other forces on the mountainous battlefields of central Italy, and by the mid-Republican period their tactics had shifted to focus on close-quarters hand-to-hand combat.
- On the battlefields from the mid-Republic onwards, the crusader was tasked with engaging the enemy lines first after the light infantry attack.
- After the change in tactics, they no longer carried long spears like the Greek infantry.

- Contains 3 figures of each pose

Product Specifications

Country

Italy

Item code

ULT7223

JAN code

4571628233645

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