Roman legion
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The Roman legion was the largest military unit of the Roman army, composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries. During the Roman Republic the manipular legion comprised 4,200 infantry and 300 cav
Depiction of Roman legionnaires
A historical reenactor in Roman centurion costume
Reenacters portraying Roman legionaries of Legio XV Apollinaris
Turma
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A turma was a cavalry unit in the Roman army of the Republic and Empire. In the Byzantine Empire, it became applied to the larger, regiment-sized military-administrative divisions of a thema. The word
Reconstruction of a Roman cavalryman of the Principate, Nijmegen
