Types of Roman Soldiers

This is a list of Roman army unit types. Actarius – A military or camp clerk. Adiutor – A camp or ... Contubernium – The smallest organized unit of soldiers in ...

This is a list of Roman army unit types. Actarius – A military or camp clerk. Adiutor – A camp or headquarters adjutant or assistant. Aeneator – Military musician such as a bugler. Agrimensor – A surveyor (a type of immunes). Aquilifer – Bearer of the legionary eagle. Alaris – A cavalryman serving in an ala.

This is a list of Roman army unit types. Actarius – A military or camp clerk. Adiutor – A camp or headquarters adjutant or assistant. Aeneator – Military musician such as a bugler. Agrimensor – A surveyor (a type of immunes). Aquilifer – Bearer of the legionary eagle. Alaris – A cavalryman serving in an ala.

An Ala (Latin for "wing", plural form: alae) was the term used during the mid- Roman Republic (338-88 BC) to denote a military formation composed of conscripts from the socii, Rome's Italian military allies. A normal consular army during this period consisted of 2 legions, composed of Roman citizens only, and 2 allied alae.

An aquilifer was a soldier signifer bearing the eagle standard of a Roman legion. The name derives from the type of standard, aquila meaning "eagle" (which was the universal type used since 106 BC), and fers, related to the Latin word for bringing or carrying.

Architecti – An engineer or artillery constructor. Armicustos – A soldier tasked with the administration and supply of weapons and equipment. A quartermaster. Ballistarius – An artillery operator (a type of immunes). Beneficiarius – A soldier performing an extraordinary task such as military policing or a special assignment.

In common with all soldiers in the imperial army, decurions were long-service professionals, the majority volunteers. A Roman imperial legion, which contained c. 5,600 men, contained a small cavalry arm of just 120 men (i.e. 4 turmae).

Legio X Equestris (Latin: Tenth mounted legion), a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. The Tenth was the first legion levied personally by Caesar and was consistently his most trusted.

With the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth legions, the Ninth was among the oldest units in the imperial Roman army. They were with Julius Caesar when he invaded Gaul in 58 BCE. The Roman commander mentions the Ninth Legion in his accounts of the battle against the Nervians.

Roman re-enactors portraying Legio III Cyrenaica. Note the Menapian auxiliary standing on the right side of the photograph. Legio tertia Cyrenaica ("Cyrenean Third Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

He was unable to retain the sympathy of the soldiers. In 219, the new commander of III Gallica, Verus, revolted, and although he was swiftly removed, Heliogabalus disbanded the legion. The soldiers were transferred to III Augusta in northern Africa.

Legio sexta victrix ("Victorious Sixth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 41 BC by the general Octavian (later known as the emperor Augustus). It was the twin legion of VI Ferrata and perhaps held veterans of that legion, and some soldiers kept to the traditions of the Caesarian legion.

The Legio duodecima Fulminata ("Thunderbolt Twelfth Legion"), also known as Paterna, Victrix, Antiqua, Certa Constans, and Galliena, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was originally levied by Julius Caesar in 58 BC and which accompanied him during the Gallic Wars until 49 BC.

Legio duodevigesima ("Eighteenth Legion", spelled XVIII or XIIX) was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was founded ca, 41 BC by the future emperor Augustus. The legion was, along with two others, destroyed in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest (September 9, 9 AD).

Legio quinta Macedonica (the Fifth Macedonian Legion) was a Roman legion. It was probably originally levied in 43 BC by consul Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Octavian (later known as the Emperor Augustus).

An optio (plural optiones; Latin: optio, optiōnēs, from optāre, "to choose", because an optio was chosen by his centurion), sometimes anglicised option (though rarely, to avoid confusion with "option"), was a soldier in the Roman army who held a position similar to that of a company's executive officer in modern armies.

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