01-27-2015, 08:35 PM
He is asking about auxilia, not romans legionairs.
Afaik, latest in the 2nd century AD we have evidence (papyri, tablets, ...) that the auxilia were treated in the same way like legionairs regarding equipment. They got it from the army and had to pay installments. This makes a lot of sense, because the equipment was pretty much the same. Perhaps it was different for some of the more exotic numeri.
If we look to republican auxilia (e.g. Caesars germanic cavalry) or auxilia from the early principate (e.g. Germanicus' auxilia) it seems, they came with their own equipment, because at this point of time, auxilia fought with their specific local equipment. But that changed already during the 1st century AD. Well, an early germanic infantrist needed not that much stuff, but a shield and a spear.
There is a significant difference in equipment and organisation between Batavians fighting for Germanicus, or for Agricola hundred years later.
Afaik, latest in the 2nd century AD we have evidence (papyri, tablets, ...) that the auxilia were treated in the same way like legionairs regarding equipment. They got it from the army and had to pay installments. This makes a lot of sense, because the equipment was pretty much the same. Perhaps it was different for some of the more exotic numeri.
If we look to republican auxilia (e.g. Caesars germanic cavalry) or auxilia from the early principate (e.g. Germanicus' auxilia) it seems, they came with their own equipment, because at this point of time, auxilia fought with their specific local equipment. But that changed already during the 1st century AD. Well, an early germanic infantrist needed not that much stuff, but a shield and a spear.
There is a significant difference in equipment and organisation between Batavians fighting for Germanicus, or for Agricola hundred years later.
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