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  2. Late Roman army - Wikipedia

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    The documented income of 2 solidi was only a quarter of the disposable income of a 2nd-century legionary (which was the equivalent of c. 8 solidi). [199] The late soldier's discharge package (which included a small plot of land) was also minuscule compared with a 2nd-century legionary's, worth just a tenth of the latter's. [200] [201]

  3. Roman legion - Wikipedia

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    By the third century AD, the legion was a much smaller unit of about 1,000 to 1,500 men, and there were more of them. In the fourth century AD, East Roman border guard legions may have become even smaller.

  4. Legionary - Wikipedia

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    A recreation of Roman legionaries wearing the lorica segmentata, 1st–3rd century. The Roman legionary (in Latin legionarius; pl.: legionarii) was a citizen soldier of the Roman army. These soldiers would conquer and defend the territories of ancient Rome during the late Republic and Principate eras, alongside auxiliary and cavalry detachments.

  5. Legio III Gallica - Wikipedia

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    Legio III Gallica (lit. Third Legion "Gallic") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.The cognomen Gallica suggests that its earliest recruits came from veterans of the Gallic legions of Gaius Julius Caesar, a supposition supported by its emblem, a bull, a symbol associated with Caesar. [1]

  6. List of Roman legions - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Lorica hamata - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a Roman legionary. The lorica hamata (in Latin with normal elision: [loːr̺iːk‿(h)aːmaːt̪a]) is a type of mail armor used by soldiers [1] for over 600 years (3rd century BC to 4th century AD) from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. [2]

  8. Imperial Roman army - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a late 1st-century AD Roman legion. The dual-structure configuration of legions/auxilia established by Augustus remained essentially intact until the late 3rd century, with only minor modifications made during that long period. The senior officers of the army were, until the 3rd century, mainly from the Italian aristocracy.

  9. Legio III Augusta - Wikipedia

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    Shield pattern of Tertio Augustani, Legio III Augusta, early 5th century. Legio III Augusta ("Third Augustan Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.Its origin may have been the Republican 3rd Legion which served the general Pompey during his civil war against Gaius Julius Caesar (49–45 BC).