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Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army
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There were indeed black soldiers in the Roman Army for if we consider the Gaetuli who were a tribe conquered in early Imperial times by Cn. Cornelius Cossus Lentulus who there after bore the name Gaetulicus.
There were a whole Cohort of them based in Syria from 88 to 91 AD in the time of Domitian, here is a shield boss found there that personifies Africa. I have also made of a copy of this particular shield boss shown here.


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Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by richard - 11-11-2013, 12:12 AM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by PhilusEstilius - 11-11-2013, 12:13 PM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by Rennie - 11-11-2013, 09:39 PM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by Caballo - 11-11-2013, 11:28 PM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by Epictetus - 11-12-2013, 05:07 AM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by richard - 11-12-2013, 10:32 AM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by MD - 11-12-2013, 05:33 PM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by John1 - 12-05-2013, 04:58 PM
Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by John1 - 12-05-2013, 05:52 PM
RE: Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by John1 - 10-24-2017, 04:03 PM
RE: Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by John1 - 01-16-2019, 08:05 PM
RE: Sub Saharan Africans in Roman army - by John1 - 01-17-2019, 09:50 AM

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