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Rome and Japan By: Matthew Bellis
Introduction
Rome and Japan were very powerful civilizations. They both had powerful empires. The civilizations were mostly fighting wars.
Rome
Rome was one of the strongest civilizations. Rome was very disciplined civilization. Rome had a battle strategy called the turtle. The turtle was when all of the army put their shield over their heads and it looked like a turtle.
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Rome Origins
Rome started off as three tribes that joined together. Most of the records were destroyed in the Celtic Invasion. The early Romans used weapons like javelins, bows, and slings. At this time In this early time they were ruled by Etruscans their more advanced northern neighbors.
Japan
Japans soldiers are called samurai they are powerful soldiers. Their weapons include katanas and wakizashi. The samurai have been the soldiers for a long time.
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Samurai
The samurai's armor was made from bamboo so it was very flexible.
Legionaries
The legionaries armor was different, it was made from leather so it wasn't very flexible.
Rome and Japan's weapons
The weapons Rome used included a shield, javelins, and bows. The used these weapons and they became very successful.
The weapons Japan used katanas and wakizashi. They were very good weapons.