Velites (singular: veles) were a class of infantry in the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Velites were light infantry and skirmishers who were armed with a number of light javelins (Latin: hastae velitares) to fling at the enemy, and also carried short thrusting swords, or gladii, for use in melee. They rarely wore armour as they were the youngest and poorest soldiers in the legion and could not afford much equipment. They did carry small wooden shields for protection though, and wore a headdress made from wolf skin to allow officers to differentiate between them and other heavier legionaries.
Velites did not form their own units; a number of them were attached to each maniple of hastati, principes and triarii. They were typically used as a screening force, driving off enemy skirmishers and disrupting enemy formations with javelin throws before retiring behind the lines to allow the heavier-armed hastati to attack. They were normally the ones who engaged war elephants and chariots if they were present on the field; their high mobility and ranged weaponry made them much more effective against these enemies than heavy infantry. An early Roman legion contained approximately 1000 velites. Velites were eventually done away with after the Marian reforms.
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Hay que linda vecindad
Es la vecindad del chavo(del chavo!)
No valdra ni un centavo (no vale ni mierda!)
Pero es linda de verdad (de verdad!)
Hay que linda vecindad(vecindad!)
Es la vecindad del chavo(del chavo!)
No valdra ni un centavo (no vale ni mierda!)
Pero es linda de verdad (de verdad!)
Don ramoooooon
ya pagale la renta a ese gordo maricon
o gooordo panzon deja en paz a don ramon
y anda a comprarte una torta de jamon
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