07-24-2008, 01:08 PM
Thanks to all for the replies.
I have been enjoying the discussion (and learning while I read)
The reason I started this topic was; the members of my gaming group, who enjoy military history, have been deluded by Mr. Dando-Collins into thinking that Caesar's legions were raised in Spain.
I was under the impression that legionaries in the Republic needed to be Roman citizens. Would it even be possible to recruit the 18,000 men needed for three legions in a province like Spain if a recruit had to have citizenship? Did Spain have that many colonists or natives with citizenship? I have no idea?
Did recruiters/governors casually ignore this when they had a need for bodies?
Matt Webster
I have been enjoying the discussion (and learning while I read)
The reason I started this topic was; the members of my gaming group, who enjoy military history, have been deluded by Mr. Dando-Collins into thinking that Caesar's legions were raised in Spain.
I was under the impression that legionaries in the Republic needed to be Roman citizens. Would it even be possible to recruit the 18,000 men needed for three legions in a province like Spain if a recruit had to have citizenship? Did Spain have that many colonists or natives with citizenship? I have no idea?
Did recruiters/governors casually ignore this when they had a need for bodies?
Matt Webster
"Hige sceal pe heardra, heorte pe cenre, mod sceal pe mare pe ure maegen lytlao"
"Will shall be the sterner, heart the bolder, and spirit the greater as our strength lessens."
Matthew Webster
"Will shall be the sterner, heart the bolder, and spirit the greater as our strength lessens."
Matthew Webster
