| 31. | The standard bow used by Roman auxilia was the recurved composite bow, a sophisticated, compact and powerful weapon.
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| 32. | At this point, the distinction between legions and auxilia became moot, the latter becoming all-citizen units also.
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| 33. | The " auxilia " thus represented three-fifths of Rome's regular land forces at that time.
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| 34. | On the contrary, those serving in the " auxilia " during this period frequently strove to Romanise themselves.
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| 35. | Jones suggests " limitanei " regiments had a similar size to Principate auxilia regiments, averaging 500 men each.
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| 36. | The main difference was that auxilia contained combat cavalry, both heavy and light, and other specialized units that legions lacked.
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| 37. | By the mid-2nd century, there were 44 auxiliary regiments stationed there, about 10 % of the total auxilia.
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| 38. | Although there is little evidence of it before the 3rd century, the consensus is that auxilia recruited barbarians throughout their history.
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| 39. | The greatest uncertainty concerns the size of the crack " auxilia palatina " infantry regiments, originally formed by Constantine.
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| 40. | The rest were denoted " legions admitted only citizens, " peregrini " could only enlist in the auxilia.
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