The Roman Army was employed Romans, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion, whose soldiers were called legionaries. In the mid-Republic each Roman legion had an equivalent complement of allied infantry equipped and modelled after the legion and a three times larger complement of cavalry.

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  • The Roman Army was employed Romans, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion, whose soldiers were called legionaries. In the mid-Republic each Roman legion had an equivalent complement of allied infantry equipped and modelled after the legion and a three times larger complement of cavalry. The army of the Late Republic and Early to Mid-Empire consisted of legionaries and auxiliaries. The auxiliaries were named so after the earlier allied complement, but with structure and equipment differing from the legionaries. They were non-Roman citizens, recruited mostly from the Roman provinces with less pay than the legionaries, but at the end of their service they would be granted Roman citizenship. In the Late Roman army the distinction was between comitatenses, reserve troops and limitanei, border troops. The army was enmeshed with Roman political life with political offices such as the consulship entailing military responsibility or the cursus honorum that was a military and civilian career mix. In the Late Roman army command had changed to professional career soldiers rising of the earlier career soldiers of low rank. The payment of soldiers depended on rank and class. The Roman army conquered the regions around the Mediterranean and some surrounding provinces such as Egypt. The Roman army remained as the East Roman army after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and was succeeded by the Byzantine army, which served under the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
  • En la evolución del ejército romano se pueden distinguir tres grades periodos: Monarquía, República e Imperio. Posteriormente evolucionó en el ejército bizantino.
  • L'armée romaine a permis à la Rome antique de dominer la Méditerranée du VIII siècle av. J. -C. au V siècle.
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  • The Roman Army was employed Romans, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion, whose soldiers were called legionaries. In the mid-Republic each Roman legion had an equivalent complement of allied infantry equipped and modelled after the legion and a three times larger complement of cavalry.
  • En la evolución del ejército romano se pueden distinguir tres grades periodos: Monarquía, República e Imperio. Posteriormente evolucionó en el ejército bizantino.
  • L'armée romaine a permis à la Rome antique de dominer la Méditerranée du VIII siècle av. J. -C. au V siècle.
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  • Roman army
  • Exèrcit romà
  • Ejército de la Roma Antigua
  • Armée romaine
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