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- The Antonine Guard Roman Research Society - A Roman re-enactment group concentrating on the period of Roman occupation of Scotland in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. History of the legion, events, artillary, activities.
- Legio XIII Gemina (Society for Roman History in Austria) - A Vienna, Austria-based group re-enacting a Roman legion. History of the original Thirteenth and photographs of group re-enacting.
- Legio XIIII - Hertfordshire, England-based group re-enacting Greek hoplites, Briton warriors and Roman legionaries. Photos of group re-enacting, background information on periods re-enacted.
- Legion XXIV Media Atlantia - Pennsylvania-based group re-enacting a Roman Legion. Equipment standards, schedule of events, photos of re-enactments, background information on Rome.
- Caerleon's Roman Legion - Find out about the Roman army that was housed at Caerleon, a Roman legionary fortress in Britain.
- Legio X Fretensis (Cohort IV) - California-based group re-enacting a first century (C.E.) legion. History of original Tenth, and information on the Roman army: tactics, uniform and armour.
- Legio XXII Primagenia - A Cincinnati, Ohio-based group re-enacting second century (C.E.) Roman legions stationed in Germany. Bibliography and contact information.
- Legio XV Apollinaris - Norwegian group re-enacting a latter-first century (C.E.) Roman legion. History of the group, photos of re-enactments, equipment list. Drill and regulations in Norwegian only.
- Legio VIII Augusta MGV - Enthusiasts from Wales and the North of England who aim to authentically depict the civilian and military society of Roman Britain during the late 1st and early 2nd century A.D. Activities.
- Legio VI Ferrata - South Carolina-based group portraying first century (C.E.) Roman garrisons in Judaea and Syria. Requirements for clothing and equipment, patterns for Roman tunics and cloaks.
Wikipedia Articles
- Roman army - The Roman army was a set of land-based military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and later Roman Empire as part of the Roman military. For its main infantry constituent and for much of its history, see Roman legion; for a catalogue of individual legions, dates and deployments, see List of Roman legions.
- List of Roman legions - This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion.
- Roman commerce - Roman trade was the engine that drove the economy of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. Fashions and trends in historiography and in popular culture have tended to neglect the economic basis of the empire in favour of the lingua franca of Latin and the exploits of the Roman legions.
- Roman military engineering - Roman military engineering (Praefectus fabrum)is a type of Roman engineering carried out by the Roman Army - almost exclusively by the Roman legions for the furthering of military objectives. The military engineering of Ancient Rome's armed forces was of a scale and frequency far beyond that of any of its contemporaries.
- Caesar's civil war - The Roman civil war of 49 BC, sometimes called Caesar's Civil War, is one of the last conflicts within the Roman Republic. It was a series of political and military confrontations between Julius Caesar, his political supporters, and his legions, against the traditionalist conservative faction in the Roman Senate, sometimes known as the Optimates, backed by legions loyal to Pompey.