Maniple (military unit) - Wikipedia Maniple (Latin: manipulus; lit 'a handful [of soldiers]') was a tactical unit of the Roman Republican armies, adopted during the Samnite Wars (343–290 BC) It was also the name of the military insignia carried by such units
Maniple | Roman military | Britannica Accordingly, the Romans evolved a new tactical system based on small and supple infantry units called maniples Each maniple numbered 120 men in 12 files and 10 ranks Maniples drew up for battle in three lines, each line made up of 10 maniples and the whole arranged in a checkerboard pattern
maniple - Wiktionary, the free dictionary maniple (plural maniples) (Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Maniple - NEW ADVENT The maniple is an ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm
Maniple - IMPERIUM ROMANUM Maniple (manipus) was the basic tactical unit of the Roman army during the republic, consisting of two centurias Later replaced by a cohort
MANIPLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com MANIPLE definition: (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men See examples of maniple used in a sentence