Final Capstone Military History Paper- Roman Army

[usmc93]

I am in my final couse in my BA for military History and will be writing a approx 100+ page or so paper on my specialty in Military History; Military of Ancient Rome (what I will also specialize in for my masters). I have to come up with my topic/thesis fairly soon. I am new here but thought i would see if anyone had any ideas/directions that might lead me in a direction. I have changed my mind a lot and need a topic in the next week or so. So far i have toyed with; Lack of Reliance on Cavalry (especially in early Roman armies)....Praetorean Guards (political and military impact)....Impact of Individual Awards/Decorations had on success of Roman Legions....Comprehensive study on major Roman defeats (why/how) such as Battles of Teutoburg, Allia, etc
Anyway, I realize these are just topics and not thesis at this point and I am all over the map but just thinking someone might have some fresh suggestions i havent thought of.
Regards
Brent

[koechlyruestow]

How about: Relationship between units names and actual tactical specialisations: Truth or myth? It is often taken for granted that sagittarii were archers, dromedarii rode on camels, scutarii were equipped with the scutum, not to mention all that has been claimed about the cataphractarii and clibanarii, and so on, and so forth, but did they?

[usmc93]

Thanks! Interesting to think about, might look into it a little bit.