Rome

• Legionary soldier

  Roman citizen

  Paid higher than other soldiers
• How are you recruited to become a legionary soldier

  • applicants senda letter of recommendation from respectable person
  • He would appear in front of examiners
  • He would be accepted- given money to pay for his journey to the legion
• What did examiners look for in a legionary soldier

  • watchful eyes
  • muscles shoulders and arms
  • flat stomach and lean bottom
  • ask for profession - prefer butcher, hunter
  • medical exam
• Who was the salary of legionary soldier paid by

  the state

  money came form taxes and spoils of war

  good salary to support family
• What was Augustus setup

  Made Athenian army and navy

  Before - soldiers were recruited when needed and salaries were paid by general

  After - made a large army ready to go at any time and were loyal to emperor, the person who paid them
• Soldiers had to..

  pay for their own food, clothing and equipment

  good work in army rewarded with pay rise

  paid into pension scheme - incase they dies
• honourable discharge

  at end of his carreer

  rearward 3,000 denari or given land
• Was roman army citizen body

  No

  joining army was a choice - was a profession

  attractive careeer for poor men
• Some p[arts of empire lacked

  citizens to recruit, full of non - citizens

  so citizenship was granted to them
• Auxiliary solider

  non roman citizens

  paid less

  earned citizenship when they retired
• What did citizenship allow you to do

  vote in popular assemblies

  right to hold properties

  immunity from taxes
• not allowed to do: auxiliary soldiers

  to serve in their province of birth - stopped chance of armed rebellion

  major factor or migration - rome was multicultural

  some were moved to province of ability - Syria has archers
• recruitment of navy

  made of auxiliary soldiers

  rec ruined from coastal provinces with strong naval traditions

  like Persia