Technolegy and war

Technology and War.

Topic: "Discuss how advances in technology have influenced the ways battles have been fought".


Technology has greatly influenced the way battles have been fought. In the Roman times through to the Gulf war the way wars were fought, together with the advanced technology have completely changed every aspect of war. Roman Times, where they had an extremely basic level of technology compared to modern technology, changed the way tactics in war were fought.



In the Roman times, manpower and limited contact beyond the immediate surroundings made it completely different to the modern way of fighting wars. The Roman wars were mainly fought by auxiliary and legionary soldiers. ("The Roman Army".).
The Roman wars were fought on a more local basis between different Empires and in closer distances to each other. These wars were fought to gain power and to take over land occupied by local Warlords. Wars were fought on foot by infantry led by the local Warlords an...