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3005 BCE

Past → now. Now is 2026, the corpus’s latest recorded state · 1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld) · 865 unlocated

Now · 2026

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The Roman Legion

The standing heavy-infantry formation of the imperial army, nominally c. 5,000-6,000 men in ten cohorts, supported by roughly an equal number of non-citizen auxiliaries.

No recorded place · Republican manipular legion from c. 4th c. BCE; professionalised late 2nd-1st c. BCE; imperial legionary structure c. 27 BCE - 3rd c. CE; restructured into comitatenses and limitanei under Diocletian and Constantine

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is built by of Hadrian's Wall — The Wall was constructed by legionary detachments and garrisoned by auxiliaries; its regular gateways indicate a controlled crossing and revenue regime rather than a sealed defensive line.
destabilises Rome — The same force that held the frontiers also made and unmade emperors; the third-century crisis is essentially the army's price for its own loyalty exceeding what the fiscal system could pay without debasing the currency.
distributes Roman Citizenship (civitas Romana) — Auxiliary veterans received citizenship on discharge, recorded on bronze diplomas. Military service was the largest routine channel by which non-citizens and their descendants entered the citizen body before 212 CE.

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1145 objects · 37 Knowledge Journeys · 852 recorded dated events (3005 BCE–2026), 51 imprecisely dated, and 16 declared future targets (a target never moves Now) · 280 located (1 of them withheld pending verification), 865 unlocated

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The Roman Legion

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