08-14-2015, 10:54 PM
Quote:.... and if one legion was stationed in a province did it serve as the legate's bodyguard?
No.
The bodyguards of a Legatus augusti pro praetore or a Proconsul were the Equites et Pedites Singulares. A force of about 500-1000 men collected from multiple units of the Exercitus Provinciae. Well, guarding the governor was just one of their duties.
There are hints, that even a Legatus legionis could have Singulares. However, afaik there is no inscription of a Singularis legati, just many inscriptions of a Singularis consularis. Consularis means, that he reported to a governor, no matter if this governor was of praetorian or consular rank,
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