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[[File:9568564833923473_Rome-ontv_942.jpg|frame|{{smallcaps|Ave Caesar!}}]]
{{quote|''Thine Roman is the Pilum, Roman the sword is thine''
''The even trench the bristling mound, the legion's ordered line.''|''Lays of Ancient Rome'' by Sir Thomas Maculay. }}
The Roman army was the [[Badass Army|Mother of All Badass Armies]]. Quite literally in fact. The classic modern organization with hierarchies of standardized units and subunits was based on organization structures developed by Latinophile sixteenth and seventeeth century commanders who were consciously attempting to make a copycat. Thus, in fact the curious sense of recognition a modern person might get on contemplating the Roman army is by no means accidental.
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