Batavi (military unit)
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The Batavi was an auxilia palatina (infantry) unit of the late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. It was composed by 500 soldiers and was the heir of those ethnic groups that were initially used as auxiliary units of the Roman army and later integrated in the Roman Empire after the Constitutio Antoniniana. Their name was derived from the people of the Batavi.
Re-enactment group interpreting the Batavi iuniores
Page from the Notitia Dignitatum depicting the shields of the units under the command of the Magister peditum of Italy. The first shield on the last line belongs to the Batavi seniores.
The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis by Rembrandt van Rijn
Carrawburgh
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Carrawburgh is a settlement in Northumberland. In Roman times, it was the site of a 3+1⁄2-acre (1.5 ha) auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall called Brocolitia, Procolita, or Brocolita.
Southern rampart of Brocolitia
Remains of the Brocolitia mithraeum.