Quote Originally Posted by Apgad View Post
Well, I've seen Gladiator, so I know that at least some of them were black...
Those were the gladiators, who came from all over the world, not the legionaries. All of the legionaries in Gladiator were white unless I am mistaken. I don't know if the Romans recruited non-Roman/non-Hellenic people into their legions. I'm sure men of mixed blood were levied into legions, but I don't know if the Romans accepted the natives, which they saw as inferior people and barbarians.