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Is there a good modern study of the establishment, recruitment, training and performance of the Auxilia? Book or academic article?
There is so much on the legiones that it is really quite dull, but I do struggle to find meaningful information on the Auxilia.
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Cheeseman's book isn't bad on the auxilia of the earlier empire - you can find that in google books. For the later auxilia - in particular the so called elite palatine auxilia M.P Spiedel is the man. His articles are listed in numerous book lists on this very site...
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Also John Spaul's two books: Ala 2 (1994), which covers the auxiliary cavalry, and Cohors 2: The evidence for, and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the imperial Roman army (2000). Paul Holder's Studies in the Auxilia of the Roman Army (1980) is a slight updating of Cheeseman. Saddington's The Development of the Roman Auxiliary Forces from Caesar to Vespasian covers the early years and the genesis of the imperial system.
- Nathan
Nathan Ross