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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 legionaries
A historical reenactor in Roman centurion costume
Reenacters portraying Roman legionaries of Legio XV Apollinaris
Roman army
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The Roman Army served ancient Rome and the Roman people enduring through the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, including the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. I
Roman legion
…The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: ) 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 cavalry. In late…
Levy of the army, detail of the carved relief on the Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, 122–115 BC.
Gaius Marius, to whom later historians would misattribute putative reforms of the Roman army
Roman auxiliary infantry crossing a river. They can be distinguished by the oval shield (clipeus) they were equipped with, in contrast to the rectangular scutum carried by legionaries. Panel from Trajan's Column, Rome
Roman relief fragment depicting the Praetorian Guard, c. 50 AD