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(United States) Oldest unit still in operation in the Maryland National Guard. [49] 1775 Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) Robert Rogers: British North America Canada: The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) is a Canadian Army Primary Reserve Royal Canadian Armoured Corps regiment based in Toronto and Aurora.
Numerus – A unit of foreign allies not integrated into the regular army structure. Later, a unit of border forces. Numerus Batavorum – was a personal, imperial guards unit for the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (30 BC – AD 68) composed of Germanic soldiers. Optio – One per century as second-in-command to the centurion.
As the extent of the territories falling under Roman control expanded and the size of the forces increased, the soldiery gradually became salaried professionals. As a consequence, military service at the lower (non-salaried) levels became progressively longer-term. Roman military units of the period were largely homogeneous and highly regulated.
' a handful [of soldiers] ') was a tactical unit of the Roman Republican armies, adopted during the Samnite Wars (343–290 BC). It was also the name of the military insignia carried by such units. Maniple members, called commanipulares ( sg. : commanipularis ) were seen as each other's brothers-in-arms, but without the domestic closeness of ...
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).
The Imperial Roman Army was the military land force of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD, [1] ... the United States of America (which spent c. 3.5% in 2003).
Military units and formations of the Roman Empire (4 C, 16 P) Military units and formations of the Roman Republic (1 C, 14 P) Military units and formations of ancient Rome by type (3 C)
The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) to the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD), and its medieval continuation, the Eastern Roman Empire.