Hastati (sg.: hastatus) were a class of infantry employed in the armies of the early Roman Republic, who originally fought as spearmen and later as swordsmen...

the advance of the hastati. If the hastati failed to break the enemy, they would fall back on the principes, who along with the hastati, had been re-equipped...

form their own units; a number of them were attached to each maniple of hastati, principes and triarii. They were typically used as a screening force,...

than the hastati, and having more experience on the battlefield, they would take up the second line in the battle in the event the Hastati failed or...

the pre-Marian Roman Republic included the hastati, principes, and triarii (although depending how the hastati were armed and armored, they could also be...

was organized into four lines, starting at the front: the velites; the hastati; the principes; and the triarii. These were divided by experience, with...

legionaries, for which the Roman soldiers known as hastati were named. In later republican times, the hastati were re-armed with pila and gladii, and the hasta...

the hastati. Both Bahmanyar and Goldsworthy suggest this was an opportunity for the Carthaginian third line to counter-attack the disorganised hastati, but...

Hastatis simplicis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1990. It is known from Brazil. BioLib...

the enemy with javelin fire to cover the advance of the hastati (light spearmen). If the hastati failed to break the enemy during their engagement, they...