Key term for OCR GCSE Ancient History, used in Defeat of Carthage.
Flexible tactical units of the Roman legion (approximately 120 men) that Scipio rearranged into vertical columns to neutralise Carthaginian elephants.
maniples appears in OCR GCSE Ancient History revision content for Hannibal and the Second Punic War, especially Defeat of Carthage and Defeat of Carthage.
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