09-04-2019, 03:35 AM
its well established that, with the marian reforms, all citizens of rome, instead of entering the tiered system of yesteryear all mostly just became legionaries.
what is not made as clear, is what happened to the role of the light infantryman with his javelins, were they replaced by other local troops (i occasionally hear mentions of the rorarii and the local leves, or was the role even more strongly filled withthe ranks of the auxillia in the same way the archers were fulfilled mostly by syrians and the like.
and more to that point, do we have ANY idea what these new light skirmish troops might have looked like.
what is not made as clear, is what happened to the role of the light infantryman with his javelins, were they replaced by other local troops (i occasionally hear mentions of the rorarii and the local leves, or was the role even more strongly filled withthe ranks of the auxillia in the same way the archers were fulfilled mostly by syrians and the like.
and more to that point, do we have ANY idea what these new light skirmish troops might have looked like.