AWA421 - Did legionaries and auxiliaries have to bribe their way into the Roman army?

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Aug 7, 202611:26Society & Culture

The second part of Carlos' question from a few episodes ago: "Second, somewhere in an old issue of AWM I have read (but I cannot find it again) that, to become a legionary, recruits needed to buy their way, and that the...

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