Roman auxiliary units

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component of the Roman army military unit type

Roman auxiliary units were non-citizen military formations of the Roman Empire that complemented the legions by providing specialized troops such as cavalry, archers, and light infantry.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Raetian auxiliaries 1
Raetian auxiliary units 1
Roman auxiliary forces 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Roman army ⓘ
military unit type ⓘ
afterService veteran communities in provinces ⓘ
commandedBy Roman officers ⓘ
commandLanguage Latin ⓘ
complemented Roman legions NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom Praetorian Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman legions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipment bows ⓘ
javelins ⓘ
lighter armor than legionaries ⓘ
shields ⓘ
spears ⓘ
swords ⓘ
granted Roman citizenship on discharge ⓘ
integratedWith Roman legionary forces in campaigns ⓘ
legalStatus non-citizen soldiers during service ⓘ
organizedAs ala ⓘ
cohors ⓘ
cohors equitata ⓘ
numerus ⓘ
partOf Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ
provided archers ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
specialist troops ⓘ
recruitedFrom non-citizens of the Roman state ⓘ
peregrini ⓘ
provincial populations ⓘ
role border defense ⓘ
garrison duty ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
scouting ⓘ
skirmishing ⓘ
support for legions in battle ⓘ
stationedIn Roman provinces ⓘ
frontier zones ⓘ
tactics flanking maneuvers ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
missile harassment ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
High Roman Empire ⓘ
Principate NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ
usedBy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centurion (Roman officer) → servedIn → Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
subject surface form: Centurion
cohors I Tungrorum → partOf → Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
subject surface form: Cohors I Tungrorum
this entity surface form: Roman auxiliary forces
cohors II Raetorum → ethnicComposition → Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetian auxiliaries
cohors II Raetorum → associatedWith → Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetian auxiliary units