Infantry training has to turn actions many people naturally resist into responses usable under pressure. That preparation concerns mental survival as well as physical survival. Roman military effectiveness also depended, in this interpretation, on logistics and training. The maxim about wars as bloody drills and drills as bloodless wars expresses the close link between practice and fighting.
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Infantry training and the preparation behind Roman military effectiveness
Infantry preparation and Roman drill illustrate the work required to make difficult actions dependable in combat.