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  2. Roman auxiliaries in Britain - Wikipedia

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    The overall size of the Roman forces in Roman Britain grew from about 40,000 in the mid 1st century AD to a maximum of about 55,000 in the mid 2nd century. [1] The proportion of auxiliaries in Britain grew from about 50% before 69 AD to over 70% in c. 150 AD. By the mid-2nd century, there were about 70 auxiliary regiments in Britain, for a ...

  3. Dux Britanniarum - Wikipedia

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    Dux Britanniarum was a military post in Roman Britain, probably created by Emperor Diocletian or Constantine I during the late third or early fourth century. The Dux (literally, "(military) leader" was a senior officer in the late Roman army of the West in Britain.

  4. Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Wikipedia

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    Roman Catholic chaplains were recruited from 1836, Methodist chaplains from 1881, and Jewish chaplains from 1892. [3] During the First World War some 4,400 Army Chaplains were recruited and 179 lost their lives on active service. [3] The department received the "Royal" prefix in February 1919. [3]

  5. Colchester Garrison - Wikipedia

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    Colchester Garrison is a major garrison located in Colchester in the county of Essex, eastern England. It has been an important military base since the Roman era. The first permanent military garrison in Colchester was established by Legio XX Valeria Victrix in AD 43, following the Roman conquest of Britain .

  6. Deva Victrix - Wikipedia

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    Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester. [1] The fortress was built by the Legio II Adiutrix in the 70s AD as the Roman army advanced north against the Brigantes, and rebuilt completely over the next few decades by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix.

  7. Roman conquest of Britain - Wikipedia

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    Southern British tribes before the Roman invasion. In common with other regions on the edge of the empire, Britain had enjoyed diplomatic and trading links with the Romans in the century since Julius Caesar's expeditions in 55 and 54 BC, and Roman economic and cultural influence was a significant part of the British late pre-Roman Iron Age, especially in the south.

  8. Independent company (British Army) - Wikipedia

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    The company served as part of 16 Parachute Brigade, which was the British Army's sole remaining post-war airborne formation. Manned exclusively by soldiers from the Household Cavalry and Brigade of Guards , the company was quickly tasked as 16 Parachute Brigade's pathfinder unit and saw extensive service on operations until it was disbanded in ...

  9. Hardknott Roman Fort - Wikipedia

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    Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, [1] located on the western side of the challenging Hardknott Pass in the English Lake District. The fort was built between 120 and 138 on a rocky spur, and was initially garrisoned by a detachment of the Cohors IV Delmatarum from the Dalmatian coast (in ...

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