Which roman soldier would you have been? (Combatants)

[Quintus Galerius]

Centurio Hastatus...

[gaius marcius1]

Crispus Aquilio s.p.d

Cynic or realist? I guess both death in the mist and death in luxury from jealous husbands were possible outcomes!!

Vale optime

Crispus

[Steakslim]

Gaius you have to be a combatant :twisted:

[gaius marcius1]

Salve Thomas.

Sorry - too old even to be an evocatus.

I have to watch you young ones!

Vale optime

Crispus

[Steakslim]

Well you could be a centurio

[Gaius Decius Aquilius]

Gaius you have to be a combatant :twisted:

Did not you see where I distinguished myself on a campaign?

Besides, I have been a combatant in real life and it is nothing I care to ever try again, or even in a joke post.

Ralph

[Steakslim]

I'm sorry I did not see that :oops:

[gaius marcius1]

Salve Thomas

You sure on that?

I'll have to check retirement ages.

Vale optime

Crispus

[Steakslim]

Well once a legionarius retired he could be called up later (Yes they would accept a soldier around his early sixties and if he accepted he would get a centurions ranks by default

[gaius marcius1]

Salve Thomas

That's great - I didn't realise that you could be invited back as old as that. Thanks for the information. You can learn a lot here that I have not come across before.

Perhaps the 9th Spanish are looking for centurions!


Thanks again.

Vale optime

Crispus.

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

I didn't realise that you could be invited back as old as that. Thanks for the information.
Perhaps the 9th Spanish are looking for centurions!

Yes, was possible and sometimes necessary, but was not necessarily something people looked forward to. So its probably rather force than invitation.
Regardless of that its not even remotely likely they would made you Centurio (presumably propaganda of the enlistment officer :lol: ) There's even debate if troopers could become Centurio at all.

[Steakslim]

Appearantly it was a common practice the army gets an experienced soldier to train their raw recruits which is always nice, and the centurion gets a cool uniform, he is an experienced officer so people will listen to him and some will obey his orders he doesn't have to much about decimation and he gets all sorts of cushy benefits (Besides what would be the point of calling up someone in their sixties who had experience if you wern't going to promote him? the legion had plenty of younger people for ballista fodder)

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Centurion's were frequently 'ballista fodder' :wink:

[Steakslim]

Yes but they had cool uniform

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Oh yeah! 8)