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Hoplite Auxiliaries
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After the Roman victories in the Macedonian Wars and the Achaean War, were there any hoplite auxiliaries in the Roman army/why were there none? To my understanding, auxiliaries were meant to augment the main Roman force and provide specialized units - hoplites seem to be specialized enough and have proven their worth against the might of Rome before. I know that auxiliaries did not become regularly used for another 100 years AFTER the aforementioned conflicts in which Rome conquered Greece, so I could see how that may factor in to the lack of Greek heavy infantry of the later Republican and early Empirical armies. This is simply just for my knowledge and entertainment so feel free to state opinions as well as facts. Thanks in advance.
"The strong did what they could, the weak suffered what they must."

- Thucydides

Sean Cantrell
Northern Michigan
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Hoplite Auxiliaries - by Ariovistus Togodubnus - 10-21-2013, 05:42 PM
Hoplite Auxiliaries - by Quintius Clavus - 10-21-2013, 06:59 PM

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