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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Ala (Roman allied military unit), Auxiliaries (Roman military), Imperial Roman army, List of Roman auxiliary regiments, Parma (shield), Roman auxiliaries in Britain, Roman cavalry, Roman military diploma, Vexillatio. Excerpt: The Imperial Roman army refers to the armed forces deployed by the Roman Empire during the Principate era (30 BC - AD 284). Under the founder-emperor Augustus (ruled 30 BC - AD 14 ), the legions, which were formations numbering about 5,000 heavy infantry recruited from Roman citizens only, were transformed from a mixed conscript and volunteer corps serving an average of 10 years, to all-volunteer units of long-term professionals serving a standard 25-year term. (Conscription was only decreed in emergencies.) In the later 1st century, the size of a legion's First Cohort was doubled, increasing the strength of a legion to about 5,500. To complement the legions, Augustus established the auxilia, a regular corps of similar numbers to the legions, recruited from the peregrini or non-citizen inhabitants of the empire, who constituted about 90% of the Empire's population in the 1st century. In addition to large numbers of heavy infantry equipped in a similar manner to legionaries, the auxilia provided virtually all the army's cavalry, light infantry, archers and other specialists. The auxilia were organised in units about 500 strong. These units were termed cohortes if they consisted of infantry, alae if they consisted of cavalry and cohortes equitatae if they were composed of infantry with a cavalry contingent attached. Until about AD 68, the auxilia were recruited by a mix of conscription and voluntary enlistment. After that time, the auxilia became largely a volunteer corps, with conscription resorted to only in emergencies. Auxiliaries were required to serve a minimum of 25 years, although...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781230618166
  • Publisher: University-Press.Org
  • Publisher Imprint: University-Press.Org
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 73 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1230618163
  • Publisher Date: 22 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: ALA (Roman Allied Military Unit), Auxiliaries (Roman Military), Imperial Roman Army, List of Roman Auxiliary Regiments
  • Width: 189 mm


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