{"id":111607,"date":"2022-09-19T12:33:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=111607"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:35:59","slug":"velites-young-javelin-throwers","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/velites-young-javelin-throwers\/","title":{"rendered":"Velites &#8211; young javelin throwers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojsko\/jednostki-armii-rzymskiej\/velites\/\"><b>Velites<\/b><\/a>, Roman javelin throwers, composed of young and poor men, could not afford to buy Roman armour (<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojsko\/uzbrojenie-legionisty-rzymskiego\/lorica-hamata\/\"><em>lorica hamata<\/em><\/a>), worn by professional legionaries. Therefore, they put on animal skins to emphasize their strength and prowess. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, it was believed that Roman commanders made it easier to distinguish <em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/units-of-roman-army\/velites\/\">velites<\/a><\/em> from ordinary heavy infantry in the turmoil of battle. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojsko\/reforma-wojskowa-mariusza\/\">Marius reform<\/a> in the 2nd century BCE, the <em>velites<\/em> disappeared from the battlefield. The custom of wearing animal skins was taken over by the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/units-of-roman-army\/roman-legion\/\">legion<\/a> ensigns (<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojsko\/jednostki-armii-rzymskiej\/signifer\/\"><em>signifer<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dalej\"><a title=\"More about velites\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojsko\/jednostki-armii-rzymskiej\/velites\/\">More about velites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":111609,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[80],"class_list":["post-111607","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-army"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/111607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/111607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=111607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}