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A reenactor dressed as a Roman soldier in lorica segmentata. Lorica segmentata was a type of body armour primarily used in the early Roman Empire, but the Latin name was first used in the 16th century (the ancient form is unknown). The armour itself consisted of broad ferrous strips ('girth hoops') fastened to internal leather straps.
This is a list of Roman army units and bureaucrats. Accensus – Light infantry men in the armies of the early Roman Republic, made up of the poorest men of the army. Actuarius – A soldier charged with distributing pay and provisions. Adiutor – A camp or headquarters adjutant or assistant. Agrimensor – A surveyor (a type of immunes ).
Halfling is a word used in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Northern England for a boy or girl who is not yet fully grown; a youth, an adolescent, and formerly sometimes a boy or young man employed in a junior role in domestic, agricultural, or industrial work. [ 1] Halflin derives from the Scot word hauflin, which was used before both The ...
Note also the following names: Drigissa in Superior Moesia and Dia-giza, slave at Rome, CIL XV 2445. Dromichaetes, Dromichaeta Name of the king of Getae It appears this is a Hellenised form : Duccidava Daughter of a Dacian soldier mentioned in a Roman military diploma issued in 127 in Mauretania Caesariensis: Duras
Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. The paludamentum, a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders and (less often) by their troops. Ordinary soldiers wore a sagum instead of a paludamentum.
Lucius Cornelius Balbus (minor) – defeated the Garamantes. Barbatio. Belisarius. Lucilius Bassus. Publius Ventidius Bassus. Bonifacius. Bonosus (usurper) Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus – commanded Caesar's fleet in the war against the Veneti. Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus – led the Roman legions in the conquest of western Iberia.
Roman navy. The naval forces of the ancient Roman state ( Latin: classis, lit. 'fleet') were instrumental in the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean Basin, but it never enjoyed the prestige of the Roman legions. Throughout their history, the Romans remained a primarily land-based people and relied partially on their more nautically inclined ...
Scottish soldier, known as "Black Ramsay", who served Gustavus Adolphus, during the Thirty Years' War. Peter Hagendorf: 1625–1649 Holy Roman Empire: German mercenary soldier in the Thirty Years' War. His wartime diary is credited for giving a unique historic record of the life in the contemporary army from the viewpoint of a simple Landsknecht.