List Of Roman Auxiliary Regiments
This article lists the Roman auxiliary regiments of the Imperial Roman army attested in the epigraphic record, by province of deployment in the reign of the emperor Hadrian (r. 117-38), the period with the most abundant evidence. For the history, organisation and equipment of these regiments, see Roman auxiliaries.
In addition, an index of regimental names is provided that explains the origin of the names, most of which are based on the names of the subject tribes or cities of the empire where they were originally recruited. (As time went by, they became staffed by recruits from anywhere, especially from the province where they were deployed.)
Read more about List Of Roman Auxiliary Regiments: Sources, TABLE I: Regiments Attested in The Reign of Hadrian, TABLE II: Index of Ethnic Regimental Names
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