Roman Legionaries training?

[Aulus Perrinius]

Would they have been trained in Boxing and Pankration? Or would that have been reserved for the Elite units?

[Tita Iuventia Martia]

Salve,
I have to confess that I havenever read about unarmed combat training, but IMO It was possible that legionaries were trained in this style of unarmed combat. But it is only my supposition.

vale and regards

[M. Demetrius]

The topic sounds familiar. Didn't this get discussed once before, with the general conclusion that boys would be familiar with wrestling and boxing techniques of their day as a normal course of growing up?

Soldiers may have had some training in unarmed combat, but they were rarely separated from a blade at the belt. I'm pretty sure it was against regulations for an active duty soldier to be unarmed in normal situations, including work duty (digging, carpentry) and a trip to the Vicus.

[Dillzie]

[size=150:rdg4kjm2]All soldiers would of had some kind of boxing training[/size] 8)

[M. Demetrius]

How do we know that?