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I don't think many facts can be given about legionaries that will stand true for the whole roman period. Equipment varied over time. For example, lorica segmentata was the armor of the middle year of the empire. Republican legionaries wore chain mail armor. Training standards also varied greatly ( ie. augustean legion vs. Late Antiquity).
The only common thread could be that legionaries were heavy infantry in a legion. In this situation, is this topic really needed?
The term "légionnaire" is really french for legionary. Member of the french foreign legion are called légionnaire because, obviously, this is a french army term with no equivalent in the english-speaking world, so the french word is used to describe its members. However, it is technically correct to call a member of the roman army a legionnaire, as long as you do it in french.—Preceding unsigned comment added by UnHoly ( talk • contribs)
Are we sure that Immunes got extra pay. I seem to remember that immunity from fatigues was the reward for extra skills rather than any extra money. Can anyone supply a cite? Gaius Cornelius 16:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I've heard of a certain kind of legion called a "Legionary First Cohort". I've heard that the soldiers in this kind of legion were an elite on the battlefield. Also, they were said to have been entrusted with a legionary eagle. But did they exist? InGenX 09:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I suggest a merge with Roman legion. -- Jmabel 00:36, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
From the context of the artical and the discussion on this page this does not sound like a uniform but rather some type of specialist military jargon the meaning of which is not currently available from Wiki's dictionary or OneLook Dictionary. 75.167.39.21 Mrs. C
Added information regarding time periods and lorica hamata, squamata, and segmentata. Intranetusa ( talk) 20:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Legionary was nominated as a History good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 18, 2019). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. |
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 02:24, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
I don't think many facts can be given about legionaries that will stand true for the whole roman period. Equipment varied over time. For example, lorica segmentata was the armor of the middle year of the empire. Republican legionaries wore chain mail armor. Training standards also varied greatly ( ie. augustean legion vs. Late Antiquity).
The only common thread could be that legionaries were heavy infantry in a legion. In this situation, is this topic really needed?
The term "légionnaire" is really french for legionary. Member of the french foreign legion are called légionnaire because, obviously, this is a french army term with no equivalent in the english-speaking world, so the french word is used to describe its members. However, it is technically correct to call a member of the roman army a legionnaire, as long as you do it in french.—Preceding unsigned comment added by UnHoly ( talk • contribs)
Are we sure that Immunes got extra pay. I seem to remember that immunity from fatigues was the reward for extra skills rather than any extra money. Can anyone supply a cite? Gaius Cornelius 16:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I've heard of a certain kind of legion called a "Legionary First Cohort". I've heard that the soldiers in this kind of legion were an elite on the battlefield. Also, they were said to have been entrusted with a legionary eagle. But did they exist? InGenX 09:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I suggest a merge with Roman legion. -- Jmabel 00:36, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
From the context of the artical and the discussion on this page this does not sound like a uniform but rather some type of specialist military jargon the meaning of which is not currently available from Wiki's dictionary or OneLook Dictionary. 75.167.39.21 Mrs. C
Added information regarding time periods and lorica hamata, squamata, and segmentata. Intranetusa ( talk) 20:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)