The Unknown Auxiliary<br>
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Unsung, he slogged through the mud, his kit as heavy and as uncomfortable as a legionnaire's. His pay was low. His station was sometimes so low he would have been thought of as a slave were he not in uniform. He suffered the jeers from passing legionnaires because of his low rank and position. Yet in battle, similarly equipped and trained, he fought as bravely and many times as successfully as true born Roman citizens, and sometimes bore the brunt of the casualties. He held the line, stayed at the front, suffered untold horrors for that magical diploma at the end that elevated his station in life.<br>
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Ave Manatrakoolmd!<br>
I'll have to agree with that one wholeheartedly! <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, miles gregarius, Secunda Brittanica</p><i></i>
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Me too, apart from the detail about the low pay. The best surveys of the evidence which I know put the rate of auxiliary pay at equal with that of legionaries or at the very least equal to five sixths of legionary pay.<br>
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I read somewhere, and I can't remember where that an auxilla (infantry) got only about half that of the legionary. Perhaps it varies from time period to time period. Come to think of it, I also read somewhere else that they had the same pay... Perhaps its a matter of time period.<br>
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Caesar<br>
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The man simply had it all<br>
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Perhaps one of the most remarkable lifes<br>
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Decorated soldier - talented, skilled and respected General who to this date still hold several military records - more than just respected leader of men (stopped a mutiny with 1 word and no official status/office) - visionary lawmaker, as slick as statesman as they come, gifted poet, could speak several languages - dictate to several secretaries at the same time while traveling and so on and on - really a universal genius <p></p><i></i>
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Not a general, but a politician, poet, hypocondriac:<br>
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Sidonius Appolinaris, whose 5th-c. letters and writing tell us so much about Gaul in this period at the treshold of the dark ages.<br>
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Valete,<br>
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Vespasian for me - not only for the reasons outlines above, because because of his sense of humour. <p>Homo Homini Lupus Every Man is a Wolf to Another Man</p><i></i>
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I also like Ambrosius Aurelianus...I wish more were known about him, but some speculate that he may actually be the real historical hero behind some of the Arthurian tales... <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, draconarius, Secunda Brittanica</p><i></i>
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IVLIANVS APOSTATA is the best... with no doubt.<br>
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GALLA PLACIDIA seems to be pretty strong too, I imagine myself in bed with her...<br>
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Like the Colosseum announcer from Gladiator: "SCIPIO AFRICANUS!!!" <p></p><i></i>
Catullus for me. Such an acid wit. Doubtless, I would have disliked man himself - such a brute! For polite company, Pliny the Younger - such charming stories about his friends, such a sensitive soul. And for political acumen, Vespasian. Another case of the country bumpkin making good.<br>
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I agree with others who have already posted.<br>
My favorite Roman had hundreds of names and thousands of faces.<br>
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They were the Roman Infantry and Auxiliary's.<br>
Without the Roman Army to get it done, There is no Empire. Without the Empire, there are no great Roman Generals or Politicians. <p></p><i></i>
Mine is a dead tie between Julius Caesar and Justinian.Wait, does Justinian count as a Roman?Oh well. Julius Caesar lead his troops through unbearable hardships, and was known as a leader who shared all the burdens of his men. He lead a force of 30,000 men against an invasion of Swiss which numbered over 200,000 and won! Now thats a Roman! Justinian on the other hand, after the Western Empire collapsed, he lead the Byzantines to recapture many Roman lands including Carthage, southern Spain, and the city of Rome itself! <p></p><i></i>
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Er, I think that Justinian sat back in Constantinople while Belisarius went out with the troops and reconquered the empire for (Eastern) Rome.<br>
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