All Roman soldiers were paid. They were professional soldiers.
Tarquin is a Roman emperor who told everyone that a roman soldier was finally going to fight an animal.
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The word for a soldier-for-hire is mercenary
A person who goes to war is called a soldier. They may be a volunteer or a draftee, but they are still a soldier.
Knights were considered as skillful soldier who did battle for honor. However, knights also fought for their country in order to get paid.
Professional soldiers or the term of mercenary.
A Roman soldier life was tough marching all day, feed and sleep. However they had paid privelages by women and a lot of cooking and cleaning was done for them.
Yes, the army was paid but out of the basic salary the soldier had to pay for his food, clothing, boots and part of the cost of fodder for the contuberium mule. Donatives, bonuses and his share of loot made up the bulk of the soldier's earnings.
A roman soldier was loyal to his general not loyal to the Empires main leader. However this was in the days of the republic. Augustus changed this and in his military reforms, had the soldiers swear their loyalty to himself. All other emperors did the same. A Roman soldier got paid three times a year. He only made one basic salary, but it was divided into stipends or payments and he received them every four months. The money came from the imperial treasury.
canadian soldier
The main difference is that the roman soldiers were in the army and were paid to serve. Th villagers usually worked on farms and lived along on what they could grow and the money from leftovers.
A Roman soldier that leads a century is called a centurion.