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The Legion (or Roman Legions) is the general title of the armed forces of Rome. As the empire's military, it is the centerpoint of a military-industrial complex with unbelievable power and international authority. Feared by foreigners and revered by patriots, the Legion is without question the most effective army in history. Founded in the 4th century BCE, the Legion has never ceased growing in capacity. Historians and tacticians theorize that Rome's legions rival the combined forces of all other nations. A modern Golden Horde would pale in comparison.

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  • The Legion (or Roman Legions) is the general title of the armed forces of Rome. As the empire's military, it is the centerpoint of a military-industrial complex with unbelievable power and international authority. Feared by foreigners and revered by patriots, the Legion is without question the most effective army in history. Founded in the 4th century BCE, the Legion has never ceased growing in capacity. Historians and tacticians theorize that Rome's legions rival the combined forces of all other nations. A modern Golden Horde would pale in comparison.
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  • The Legion (or Roman Legions) is the general title of the armed forces of Rome. As the empire's military, it is the centerpoint of a military-industrial complex with unbelievable power and international authority. Feared by foreigners and revered by patriots, the Legion is without question the most effective army in history. Founded in the 4th century BCE, the Legion has never ceased growing in capacity. Historians and tacticians theorize that Rome's legions rival the combined forces of all other nations. A modern Golden Horde would pale in comparison. As the longest operating military in human history, the Legion weathered the storms of gunpowder, aircraft, computers, and every new technology that reshaped warfare. Its incredible logistic flexibility and the mental fortitude of its troops, is primarily what has allowed it to persist over the course of all these developments over the millennia. Technically, the Legion is the political term for all of the Roman armed forces. However, it popularly refers specifically to the exercitus (army) and will be treated as such for most of the article. Working to defend Rome on the ground are its legions, the Equitatus and the Praesidium Imperium. After World War II, the traditional militia of Rome known as the Auxilia was disbanded. It is survived by the 1067 law of auxilaria subito (conscription) which allows the government to conscript portions of the citizenry. External to the Legion is the Praetorian Guard that serves to protect the emperor and city of Rome. Its guard duties and espionage operations distinguish it from the role of the Legion, which is the projection of national power by non-economic and non-political means.
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