abstract:Velites (singular: veles) were a class of infantry in the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Velites were light infantry and skirmishers who were armed with a number of light javelins () to fling at the enemy, and also carried short thrusting swords, or gladii, for use in melee.
Now in a normal battle, theVelites would simplyavoid the elephants due to their greater mobility and the elephants would crash into the infantry causing devastation.