10-14-2021, 07:57 PM
"I don't think the individual legionaries were fresh from N.Africa, after all, the invasion was 17 years old." - The Steve Kaye
A few of points here;
1 Legio XX recruited heavily in North Africa, including several primo pilus according to Steve Malone.
2 The commander of the 1st Cohort of Aquitanians in Derbyshire was a Numidian, presumably attached to the XX (probably a century or so later than the revolt)
3 In the 40's AD Paulinus was Governor of Mauritania (anyone got more detail on this?)
4 The XX pottery at Holt was cranking out North African vessels.
So it seems likely there would have been North Africans in the ranks of the Legions but who knows what impact this would have on logistics.
A few of points here;
1 Legio XX recruited heavily in North Africa, including several primo pilus according to Steve Malone.
2 The commander of the 1st Cohort of Aquitanians in Derbyshire was a Numidian, presumably attached to the XX (probably a century or so later than the revolt)
3 In the 40's AD Paulinus was Governor of Mauritania (anyone got more detail on this?)
4 The XX pottery at Holt was cranking out North African vessels.
So it seems likely there would have been North Africans in the ranks of the Legions but who knows what impact this would have on logistics.
