行进和体能训练
士兵们被教导的第一件事就是行军。 历史学家维吉蒂乌斯告诉我们，对罗马军队来说，士兵能够快速行军是最重要的。 任何军队如果被后面的散兵游勇或以不同速度行进的士兵分割开来，就很容易受到攻击。
因此，从一开始，罗马士兵就接受了排队行军的训练，并使军队成为一个紧凑的战斗单位。 为此，维吉蒂乌斯告诉我们，在夏季，士兵们要行军20罗马英里（18.4英里/29.6公里），必须在五个小时内完成。
基本军事训练的另一个部分也是体育锻炼。 维吉提斯提到了跑步、跳远和跳高以及背重物。 在夏季，游泳也是训练的一部分。 如果他们的营地靠近大海、湖泊或河流，每个新兵都要游泳。
武器培训
在行军和体能训练之后，接下来是操作武器的训练。 为此，他们主要使用柳条盾牌和木剑。 盾牌和木剑都按照标准制作，使其比原来的武器重一倍。 显然，人们认为，如果一个士兵能够使用这些沉重的假武器作战，他就会比使用其他武器有效一倍。适当的。
起初，这些假武器被用来对付大约六英尺高的沉重木桩，而不是对付同伴。 对着这些木桩，士兵们训练各种动作，用剑进行打击和反击。
只有当新兵们被认为有足够的能力对抗利害关系时，他们才会被分配到一对一的个人战斗训练中去。
这种更高级的战斗训练阶段被称为Armatura，这种说法最早用于角斗士学校，这证明训练士兵的一些方法确实是从角斗士的训练技术中借鉴的。
武器训练被认为是非常重要的，因此武器教官一般会得到双倍的口粮，而那些没有达到足够标准的士兵则会得到较差的口粮，直到他们在高级军官面前证明他们已经达到了标准。劣质口粮：维吉蒂乌斯说他们的小麦口粮是用大麦代替的）。
在完成最初的剑术训练后，新兵要掌握长矛的使用，即Pilum。 为此，木桩再次被用作目标。 用于练习的Pilum再次是常规武器重量的两倍。
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