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[...] Pb : How do the successive reorganizations of the Roman Army place it as a key element of imperial authority ? I. Organisation and Military Structures 1. The inherited framework of the Augustan armies Composition of a legion (around 50 Legion legate of Augustus - Cohort I - Military Tribune ~1000 legionnaires Maniple I ? Centuria I - centurion primipileprimus pilus) veteran of the centurions ? Centuria II - centurion, ~170 legionnaires o Manipule II ? Centuria I - centurion, ~170 legionnaires ? [...]
[...] ? GUILLERAT, Nicolas, SCHEID, John, Infographie of ancient Rome, Passés Composés/Humensis part III. - Specialized Works or (coll.) ? FEUGERE, Michel, The arms of the Romans from the Republic to Late Antiquity, Editions Errance, Collection « Hespérides », 1993. ? MATTESINI, Silvano, The Roman Legions, Arms Through a Thousand Years of History, Gremese, 2006. - Articles o « The speeches of Hadrian in Africa » M. Yann Le Bohec, Bulletin of the National Society of Antiquaries of France, Year pp. [...]
[...] The Roman Soldier: Recruitment, Citizenship, Social Promotion ? Mechanism of access to citizenship: military diplomas. and Access individual : ? « The Emperor Caesar Trajan Parthicus, son of the divine Trajan, grandson of the divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrien Augustus, high priest, invested for the fourth time with the power of the tribunate, consul for the third times. To these auxiliaries who served in [the cohort / the detachment] of archers (sagittarii?) stationed in Upper Dacia, under he granted citizenship to them, to their children and to their descendants. [...]
[...] He was a soldier of the legion then immunis, principal (principalis) : tesserarius, bearer of the standard (signifer), optio ; he was centurion, then primus pilus ; admitted to the equestrian order; finally, prefect and commander of a cohort (praefectus cohortis). This monument was erected by his brother Quintus Calidius. CIL 03, Funerary plaque of Carnuntum, around 80. ? Miles ? Immunis (specialized soldier) ? Principales (non-commissioned officer) - Tessarius (in charge of guards and passwords) - Signifer (standard bearer) - Optio (assistant to the centurion) ? Centurion ? Primus pilus. ? Equestrian Order ? [...]
[...] Auxiliary Cohort Prefect 2. Military economy: surplus, booty, fiscal burden - Pay evolved according to rank, and seniority. ? Legionnaire: 300 deniers gross/yr (or 1200HS) ? Decanus: 460 deniers the Optio: 600 deniers the Centurion: 5000 deniers the Primipile: 25000 the less in auxiliary bodies. ? Contributions deducted from pay: 70% for clothing, food, parties, a pension fund, the standard. - Annual budget: 670 to 700M IIS, or 60% of the imperial budget. - Under the Severans, some sources mention up to 90% of the imperial budget in the armies, including increases in pay, personnel, and donations. [...]
