Image caption, Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for ... called ‘colonia’. An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary ...
What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...
Image caption, Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for ... called ‘colonia’. An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary ...