- The
maniple is a
liturgical vestment used
primarily within the
Latin Rite of the
Catholic Church, and
occasionally by some Anglo-Catholic and Lutheran...
- Look up
maniple in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Maniple may
refer to:
Maniple (military unit), a
division of a
Roman legion Maniple (vestment), a...
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Maniple (Latin: manipulus; lit. 'a
handful [of soldiers]') was a
tactical unit of the
Roman Republican armies,
adopted during the
Samnite Wars (343–290...
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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...
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Roman Empire, ordo
became a
synonym of
centuria (in 4 BC it was used for a
maniple). Ten
contuberniums formed a century,
composed of 80 legionaries. Commanding...
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quickly adapt to
different combat situations. The
cohort replaced the
maniple. From the late
second century BC and
until the
middle of the
third century...
- 120 (or
sometimes 60) men
called '
maniples could manoeuvre more
independently on the battlefield.
Thirty maniples arranged in
three lines with supporting...
- phalanx. By the
early third century BCE, the
Roman army
would switch to the
maniple system,
which would divide the
Roman army into
three units, hastati, principes...
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During the Mid-Republic
these centuries were
grouped in
pairs to make up a
maniple, each
century consisting of 30–60 men.
After the so-called "Marian reforms"...
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doubled their effectiveness, not only as a
strong leading edge to
their maniple, but also as a stand-alone
missile troop. Later, the
hastati contained...
