OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
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Troops recruited outside the Roman citizen legions, providing infantry, cavalry and specialist military skills.
Revise: The Initial Invasion and Claudius’ RoleThe force probably contained four legions, with about 20,000 heavily armed infantry, and roughly as many auxiliary troops, including cavalry. The total was therefore approximately 40,000 soldiers, rather than an exact surviving count. The combination gave Plautius both the strength needed for major battles and troops suited to more mobile or specialist tasks.
- Revise: Early Roman Governors: Scapula and Gallus
Soldiers serving in units outside the Roman legions, including infantry and cavalry.
- Revise: The Flavian Governors: Bolanus, Cerialis, and Frontinus
Roman military units recruited outside the citizen legions, including infantry and cavalry.
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- Revise: Agricola and the Role of Emperors
Soldiers recruited mainly from non-citizen peoples of the Roman Empire, serving as infantry, cavalry or specialist troops alongside the legions.
- Revise: Campaigns of British Resistance Leaders
- Revise: Analysis of Resistance: Motivations, Success, and Roman Responses
Non-legionary troops serving in the Roman army, recruited mainly from peoples without Roman citizenship.
- Revise: Tacitus
Troops serving alongside Roman legions, generally recruited from peoples without Roman citizenship.