provided a common bond between the heterogeneous people of the empire
use of latin
native cultural life
increasing influenced
roman citizenship
as an aspiration
stimulates local economies
in vicinity of bases
Romanisation
provincial troops
increasing need to rely on
manpower of provinces
auxiliary troops
number of troops probably
equal to that of the legions
150,000 men
served in the area of their enlistment
first hand knowledge of conditions and increased
speed at which romanisation took place
Praetorian Guard
hand picked legionnaires who
were based in Rome and Italy
not actually primarily the Princep's bodyguard
troop of germans did that job
did augsutus trust the army
"however he never allowed more than three cohorts to remain in the city
and even those were without a permanent camp, the rest he regularly sent
to winter of summer quarters in the towns near rome"
"furthermore, he resricted al the soldiery everywhere too a fixed scale of pay and allowance, designating the
duration of their service and the rewards on it's completion according to each man's rank, in order to keep
them from being tempted to revolution after their discharge either by age or poverty"