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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.
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 ).
The name Pantera is Greek, although it appears in Latin in the inscription. It was perhaps his last name, and means panther. [1] The names Tiberius Julius are acquired names and were probably given to him in recognition of serving in the Roman army as he obtained Roman citizenship on his honorable discharge from the Legion. [1]
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
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— Galba, Roman emperor (15 January 69 CE), prior to beheading by supporters of Otho "Go and show yourself to the soldiers, lest they cut you to pieces for being accessory to my death." [15]: 25 — Otho, Roman emperor (16 April 69 CE), to a freedman, prior to committing suicide "Yet I was once your Emperor." [15]: 12
These units usually numbered between 300 and 2,000 soldiers and some of them kept their original numbering schemes. The primary source for the legions of this era is the Notitia Dignitatum, a late 4th-century document containing all the civil and military offices of both halves of the Roman Empire (revised in c. 420 for the Western Empire). Legio I
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 ...