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ARTICLES RELATED TO Battle of Asculum 279 BC - The armies | | | |  Battle of Asculum 279 BC - The armies: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Asculum 279 BC - The armiesThis battle was the second encounter between an Alexandrian, phalanx-based army and the Roman legion. The two armies were equally numbered.
The Romans had more infantry (four legions, 20,000 Romans, plus Dauni allies) and 300 anti-elephant devices. After the battle of Heraclea, in which the Epiriotic war elephants had a heavy impact on the Romans, the legions were provided with flammable weapons and anti-elephant devices: these were ox-led chariots, equipped with long spikes to wound the elephants, pots of fire to scare them, and screening troops who w ...
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