Late Republic auxillaries

[Caius Fabius]

Even so, in the "east" many rulers (allied to Rome or not) employed Hellenistic style soldiers in Macedonian/Greek equipment even unto the second century AD. The forces of Cleopatra, and those of Palestine, Syria and that area, who fought with or against Romans soldiers were most probably (can't prove it 100%) armed in the late Macedonian style as the style of professional soldiers for hire. The garrison of Masada before AD 50 seems to have had Greek (Macedonian) style equipment, from the articles I have read. I am sure there are more knowledgeable people who can answer this with more references.... (Dan, Sander, and others too numerous to list). <p>"Just before class started, I looked in the big book where all the world's history is written, and it said...." Neil J. Hackett, PhD ancient history, professor OSU, 1987</p><i></i>