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They were without protective weapons, only equipped with javelins and slings , and were often used to initiate the battle through tirailleur fights, but then had to retreat behind the phalanx . For this purpose, the following units positioned themselves offset, which enabled a quick escape from the enemy cavalry . In the later period of the republic they were replaced by the Velites and the Ferentarii .
