| Then the Roman legionaries swept away the smoking ashes and sowed the land with salt to prevent anything from ever growing there again. |
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| When the teams formally slip on to the rink the Eagles are greeted like returning legionaries, to whom they bear more than a passing resemblance. |
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| Military training was emphasized and legionaries were put through rigorous and continuous training. |
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| Between 5000 and 6000 legionaries made up a legion that was commanded by a legatus. |
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| The finds include a shoulder-guard of iron scales held together with bronze wire, and examples of the laminated armour used by legionaries to protect their sword arms. |
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| Bribes gained Bassianus support from the legionaries and they fought against Macrinus and his Praetorian guards. |
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| After this success, the number of Czechoslovak legionaries increased, as well as Czechoslovak military power. |
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| Better paid than the legionaries, the Praetorians served only sixteen years. |
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| According to Tacitus there were roughly as many auxiliaries as there were legionaries. |
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| A legion consisted of several cohorts of heavy infantry known as legionaries. |
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| A typical legion of this period had 5,120 legionaries as well as a large number of camp followers, servants and slaves. |
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| The legion was later reinforced with legionaries from the Germania provinces. |
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| At the same time, he greatly increased the number of auxiliaries to the point where they were equal in number to the legionaries. |
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| The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries. |
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| Unlike earlier in the Republic, legionaries were no longer fighting on a seasonal basis to protect their land. |
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| Suetonius placed his legionaries in close order, with lightly armed auxiliaries on the flanks and cavalry on the wings. |
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| With the Britons in disarray, Suetonius ordered his legionaries and auxiliaries to push forward in small multiple wedge formation units. |
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| The falx was able to inflict horrible wounds on opponents, easily disabling or killing the heavily armored Roman legionaries that they faced. |
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| One of the sights at the citadel is still the cenotaph raised by legionaries to commemorate their Drusus. |
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| Sebastianus picked 2,000 of his legionaries and marched towards Adrianople. |
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| All these expeditions were supported by legionaries and had mainly a commercial purpose. |
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| Another goal may have been to increase the number of men able to serve in the legions, as only full citizens could serve as legionaries in the Roman Army. |
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| Some Romanised Cornovii are known to have served as Roman legionaries. |
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| Film consultant John Matthews believes the real Arthur was a Roman officer called Artorius Castus who led a group of legionaries who came from Sarmatia, in modern day Georgia. |
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| Legionaries were quartered in a peripheral zone inside the intervallum, which they could rapidly cross to take up position on the vallum. |
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| The Legionaries, along with myriad other apostolates, are the most missionary. |
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| Legionaries received 900 sesterces a year and could expect 12,000 sesterces on retirement. |
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| Legionaries arrived less than a week afterwards and captured the city. |
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