Just from Italy or all over the empire? I mean the heavy legionary infantry, not auxilia.
Just from Italy or all over the empire? I mean the heavy legionary infantry, not auxilia.
Before Marius they were only recruted from Italy. After Marius men from any subjugated area could serve so long as they were citizens.
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The Marian legions were generally recruited from the Western territories of Australia, but some were recruited from Madagascar.
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You can´t fool me, in those days the world was flat so they couldn´t recruit people from down under
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Actually, I recall seeing some Greek maps/globes which clearly displayed the world as being round, but I could be wrong...Originally Posted by NightStar
As for the Legions, it depends. Pre-Marius, the Roman Legions were recruited anywhere, as long as they were made of Roman citizens (which generally restricted it to Roma but there were also colonies and such scattered around the place to "split up" the various allies to prevent them from ganging up on Rome...kinda failed with the Socii Wars...), while allied Legions were usually Italian allies. After Marius, it was pretty much the same thing, except Roman citizenship wasn't quite as exclusive.
So the Legions could be/were recruited from pretty much wherever you would have found decent numbers of Roman citizens.
Yes, Greeks new the world was round. Someone even calculated it's size, I can't remember the name, with the use of shadows and the orbit of the sun. But he was a bit off, he tought the earth was about 1/4 to 1/3 smaller as it actualy is. (I'm not good with numbers and names lol).
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They could, but it would not be heavy infantry since the ropes that hold them on would break under the weight of armour.Originally Posted by NightStar
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Initially mostly Latium, a small part of Italy. Post-marian they were recruited elsewhere too. The rest of the Italian peninsula came into action as recruitment center quite early. Out of provincial areas, Iberia was AFAIK one of the major areas used for recruitment of legionaries, and it didn't come into action until very, very late, something like 150 AD.Originally Posted by Dayve
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Here is a list of the known homelands of legionaries in the early empire (augustus-caligula):
Until the civil war era most legionnaries were recruited in Italy, thereafter increasingly from all areas of the empire. As you can see soldiers of celtic origin were already the largest group at this time, while the roman heartland became much less relevant. Perhaps service in priviledged units as the Praetorian guard in Roma itself was more attractive than the legions. Later recruitment shifted more towards the border areas were the bulk of the army was stationed.
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From everywhere in your house or just the regions where people posted rubbish to add a point to their post count?Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
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