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Auxilia. Roman auxiliary infantry crossing a river, probably the Danube, on a pontoon bridge during the emperor Trajan 's Dacian Wars (101–106 AD). They can be distinguished by the oval shield (clipeus) they were equipped with, in contrast to the rectangular scutum carried by legionaries. Panel from Trajan's Column, Rome.
Batavi (military unit) The Batavi was an auxilia palatina (infantry) unit of the late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. It was composed by 500 soldiers and was the heir of those ethnic groups that were initially used as auxiliary units of the Roman army and later integrated in the Roman Empire after the Constitutio ...
A recreation of Templeborough Roman Fort in Britannia. A tile stamped by Cohors IV Gallorum was discovered at the former fort. [1] It was probably raised in Gallia Lugdunensis by emperor Augustus (30 BC – 14 AD). [2] It is first attested in Moesia in 75 AD and was still in Moesia Inferior in 105.
The Roman empire in AD 125, in the time of emperor Hadrian, showing the Roman provinces and legions deployed. This article lists auxilia, non-legionary auxiliary regiments of the imperial Roman army, attested in the epigraphic record, by Roman province of deployment during the reign of emperor Hadrian (r. AD 117–138).
e. Roman infantry tactics are the theoretical and historical deployment, formation, and manoeuvres of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The focus below is primarily on Roman tactics: the "how" of their approach to battle, and how it stacked up against a variety of opponents over time.
Cohors prima Aquitanorum ("1st Cohort of Aquitani") was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment. It was probably originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder-emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC. [ 1] Unlike most Gauls, the Aquitani were not Celtic-speaking but spoke Aquitanian, a now extinct ...
Late Roman army. The West Roman army disintegrated AD 425–470, whilst the East Roman army continued until the Muslim conquests, after which the theme system was created. The Tetrarchs, a porphyry statue on Venice 's Basilica di San Marco, shows the emperor Diocletian and his three imperial colleagues.
Cohors [prima] Aelia Gaesatorum milliaria [peditata] sagittaria (" [1st infantry 1000 strong] archer Aelian cohort of Gaesati ") was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment. The cohort stationed in Dacia, at castrum Resculum, and in Pannonia .