05-30-2011, 07:30 PM
I was always under the impression that it was around the time of Augustus that the regular auxiliary cohorts began to be formed. I would have thought that they would have used much of the left over gear from the 30 or so legions Augustus disbanded from the civil wars to equip this new force.
Conor Boyle
Legio XX VV (Legion ireland)
Legio XX VV (Legion ireland)