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    The auxilia (Latin: [au̯kˈs̠ɪlia]; lit. 'auxiliaries') were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen legions by Augustus after his reorganisation...
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  • Auxilia palatina (sg.: auxilium palatinum) were infantry units of the Late Roman army, first raised by Constantine I as part of the new field army he...
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    Sefularo, Masechaba (25 November 2017). "Meet Zimbabwe's new first lady Auxilia Mnangagwa". EWN Eyewitness News. Retrieved 28 November 2017. Mahr, Krista...
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    legionaries, the auxilia provided virtually all the army's cavalry (heavy and light), light infantry, archers and other specialists. The auxilia were organised...
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    This article lists auxilia, non-legionary auxiliary regiments of the imperial Roman army, attested in the epigraphic record, by Roman province of deployment...
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    Exercitus Britannicus[citation needed], consisted mostly of cohorts of auxilia. The strategic reserve comprised three legions based in Eburacum (York)...
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  • eventually be taken up by contingents of allied auxiliary troops, called auxilia. Auxilia contained immunes (specialist units), engineers and pioneers, artillerymen...
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    Roman imperial period, with the garrison later reduced to two, alongside auxilia formations of the Roman army. The major town of each nome (administrative...
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    Augustus (r. 27 BC – AD 14), the army consisted of legions, eventually auxilia and also numeri. By the end of Augustus' reign, the imperial army numbered...
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    staff (including military units) assigned to them. The names of several auxilia palatina resemble that of the Attacotti who were mentioned by Ammianus...
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    in command or if they wished to become an independent commander of an auxilia unit or the praefectus castrorum. During the Roman Empire, the emperor...
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  • legions (Latin: legiones) as well as non-legionary allied troops known as auxilia. The latter were most commonly called upon to provide light infantry, logistical...
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    Army Unit types and ranks Decorations and punishments Legions Auxilia Generals Navy Fleets Admirals...
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    comprising the Roman legions and the auxiliaries provided by the provinces (auxilia); the navy. Through his military reforms, which included consolidating...
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  • either legiones or auxilia. Vexillationes palatinae are believed to have contained 400–600 men, legiones palatinae 800–1,200 and auxilia palatina either...
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    Newsteadtype lasted 90 years. It is unclear who used this armor. On monuments, Auxilia are generally shown wearing mail, not cuirasses, and carrying oval shields...
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    Archived 10 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Note: Spartacus's status as an auxilia is taken from the Loeb edition of Appian translated by Horace White, which...
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    The Regii or Reges was a Germanic auxilia palatina (light infantry) unit of the Late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. There was...
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    cohortes equitatae. Some auxilia regiments were designated sagittariorum, meaning that they specialised in archery. The auxilia thus contained almost all...
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    Principate, the tactical organisation of the Army continued to evolve. The auxilia remained independent cohorts, and legionary troops often operated as groups...
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    Army Unit types and ranks Decorations and punishments Legions Auxilia Generals Navy Fleets Admirals...
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  • Army Unit types and ranks Decorations and punishments Legions Auxilia Generals Navy Fleets Admirals...
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    roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. The garrison consisted of infantry or cavalry auxilia, not components of Roman legions. From the early third century, this was...
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  • Army Unit types and ranks Decorations and punishments Legions Auxilia Generals Navy Fleets Admirals...
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  • Army Unit types and ranks Decorations and punishments Legions Auxilia Generals Navy Fleets Admirals...
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    Roman cavalry stopped using Roman citizens as cavalrymen and relied on Auxilia and foreign recruits. Roman cavalrymen wore a Corinthian helmet, bronze...
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    the auxilia. Thus, the Batavi, although just about 0.05% of the total population of the empire in AD 23, supplied about 4% of the total auxilia, i.e...
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    non esse auditum, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia...
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  • The vast majority of the imperial cavalry was in the regiments of the auxilia, the non-citizen corps of the regular imperial army (whose recruits were...
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  • light infantry. The comitatenses were the heavy infantry. The auxiliaries, auxilia palatina, and the peltasts were the medium infantry, and the psiloi were...
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