CIVIL WARS/ANCIENT

[Aemilius Paulus]

so the legionaires wore colored tunics? I thought dyes were expensive in ancient times and tunics were usually the colored of undyed cloth ex. tan, grey, brown. also, each legion had different shield designs and patterns?

Not all dyes were expensive. The purple dye was, but the rest could usually be derived from the flora/fauna around the immediate Roman Empire/Republic or even Italy.

I thought that almost all had the gold eagle wings with lighting bolts on red background shield(post -marian and imperial) like in EB

There is practically no evidence for that. It could have been used by some units, but highly unlikely as widely as it is portrayed being used today. The shield insignias were most likely different for each legion.

EDIT: Why are you still labeled as "Junior Member"? I thought that went away after one's 20th post.