{"id":65399,"date":"2021-07-30T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65399"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:01:43","slug":"imperial-roman-army-organization-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/07\/30\/imperial-roman-army-organization-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Roman army organization &#038; structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/davyHtCSa_E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Military History Visualized<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 16 Jan 2016<\/p>\n<p>Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/mhv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/mhv<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The Imperial Roman Army consisted of the provincial armies, the garrison in Rome and the Roman Navy.<\/p>\n<p>The brunt of the forces was in the Provincial armies that were made up by the legions and their auxiliaries in total around 240k men. The Garrison in Rome was about 15k men, although few in numbers these units were the most powerful in political terms. Finally, the Navy consisted of about 45k men.<\/p>\n<p>*Sources*<br \/>\nLe Bohec, Yann: <em>The Imperial Roman Army<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Webster, Graham: <em>The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nemeth, Eduard; Fodorean, Florin: <em>R\u00f6mische Milit\u00e4rgeschichte<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fields, Nic: <em>The Roman Army of the Principate 27 BC \u2013 AD 117<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Culham, Phyllis: &#8220;Imperial Rome at War&#8221;. In: <em>The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkE1RF9ZS0VZZHgxNno2eHZQd2hPZTJSRVlUZ3xBQ3Jtc0trRmlOOWlXbTFmUF9nT05CeGFILU1Eb2FaaFVLMGZhS0RpT2RqQ21kdVpXNDduUTRFRmthNXlTQzNYRDVtNG44TjNueGZvTXZOWjJRWHoteVhtc01KVFE3VnNkTllFa2RhTXd5c20xMTNQMk0xeEZaVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FImperial_Roman_army\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperia&#8230;<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3JDd0dPdlgyZkhxMGRPcDE0RFR0TFFhb2RuQXxBQ3Jtc0tsalJHYjM5SkNqdl8wUmVmcGR1LUZ0R1ROYmpjMVN0NTFOZjk2SmhXQ2pYYndXLWpFdzlaT2lreEVCdnAzQWQxaXZZaDdaZHhnbm9VVFk2OVRSUHkzb1BCSFpZNlRoVEF3NEtIUTNBdDFXSFNVRXRhVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPraetorian_Guard\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Praetor&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-30-at-08-59-49-Imperial-Roman-Army-Organization-Structure-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military History Visualized Published 16 Jan 2016 Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/mhv\u200b The Imperial Roman Army consisted of the provincial armies, the garrison in Rome and the Roman Navy. 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