Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Titus Flavius Josephus, ɗan tarihi na zamani, wani lokaci babban jami'in soja a rundunar Roma, kuma kwamandan 'yan tawaye a cikin tawayen Yahudawa
ya bayyana mutanen Romawa kamar suna "haifaffen shirya makamai". A lokacin waɗannan masana biyu, Romawa sun riga sun ƙera sojoji masu ƙarfi kuma sun yi amfani da su don su kāre kansu daga Etruscans, Italiya, Helenawa, Gauls, da kuma masarautar Carthage da ke kan teku, da kuma masarautun Makidoniya. A kowane yaƙi, ya sami ƙarin ƙasa har sai, lokacin da yakin basasa ya kawo ƙarshen Jamhuriyar Roma, babu abin da ya rage ga sarki na farko, Augustus, sai dai ya ayyana shi da daular da kuma kare shi.