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en-wikipedia-org-4253		Structural history of the Roman military - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	11659	935	67	These legionaries were drawn from citizen stock; by this time, Roman or Latin citizenship had been regionally expanded over much of ancient Italy and Cisalpine Gaul.[40] Lighter citizen infantry, such as the velites and equites, were replaced by non-citizen auxiliaries (auxilia) that could consist of foreign mercenaries.[41] Due to the concentration of the citizen legions into a force of heavy infantry[29] Rome's armies depended on auxiliary cavalry attachments for support. After Marius, the legions were drawn largely from volunteer citizens rather than citizens conscripted for duty.[43] Volunteers came forward and were accepted not from citizens of the city of Rome itself but from the surrounding countryside and smaller towns falling under Roman control.[44] Whereas some long-term military professionals were classed as veterans, they were outnumbered by civilians with limited military experience who were in active service perhaps only for a few campaigns.[45] The legions of the late Republic remained, unlike the legions of the later Empire, predominantly Roman in origin, although some small number of ex-auxiliary troops were probably incorporated.[46] The army's higher-level officers and commanders were still drawn exclusively from the Roman aristocracy.[44]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4253.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4253.txt