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Nero, Sestertius with countermark "X" of Legio X Gemina. Obv: Laureate bust right. Rev: Nero riding horse right, holding spear, DECVRSIO in exergue; S C across fields. This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for which there exists substantial literary, epigraphic and archaeological ...
Roman armies in enemy territory obtained their food many ways simultaneously; they would forage for food, purchase food locally, raid local foodstores, and have food shipped to them by supply lines. Peter Heather writes that a single legion would have required 13.5 tonnes of food per month, and attempting to get all that food in just a single ...
Based on Gonzales' assumptions, the legions involved were almost certainly Legio XIII Gemina, XIV Gemina, and XV Apollinaris, all of which had been formed earlier by Caesar (XIII, XIV, and XV). [14] Octavian and his close friend, Agrippa, a major military collaborator.
The economics of the Roman army concerns the costs of maintaining the Imperial Roman army and the infrastructure to support it, [1] as well as the economic development to which the presence of long-term military bases contributed.
An auxiliary regiment's junior officers appear broadly the same as in the legions. These were, in ascending order: tesserarius, optio, signifer (standard-bearer for the centuria). However, auxiliary regiments also attest a custos armorum ("keeper of the armoury"), on pay-and-a-half. The vexillarius, bore the regiment's standard, on double-pay.
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Eggs had the most expensive price increase at 37.5%. Most meat and fresh vegetables became more expensive, with annual increases ranging from 0.7% to up to 5.1%. Hers
Several legions grouped together made up a distinctive field force or "army". [15] Fighting strength could vary, but generally a legion was made up of 4,800 soldiers, 60 centurions, 300 artillerymen, 100 engineers and artificers, and 1,200 non-combatants. Each legion was supported by a unit of 300 cavalries, the equites.