This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close. The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee. It can also rally after routing more often. This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. From as early as Caesar’s Gallic campaigns auxiliaries accounted for nearly all Roman cavalry, and during the 2nd century AD auxiliary numbers actually exceeded those of the Legions.

Some units eventually had 'Civium Romanorum' as a title, meaning they were Roman citizens. Being stationed in Roman provinces, under Roman rule, had an inevitable Romanising effect on auxiliaries, as did the rewards of service: land and citizenship. Auxiliaries could be infantry, cavalry or specialists such as archers, and retained their own cultural identities and equipment. (3) a cohors equitata was a mixed infantry/cavalry regiment of 600 men (480 infantry, 120 cavalry). (2) a cohors ('cohort') was a purely infantry regiment of 480 foot. (1) an ala (literally 'wing') was a purely cavalry regiment of 480 horse. To limit the risk of rebellion, auxiliary units were recruited from a single province but always stationed far from home. There were three basic types of auxiliary regiment. Each fort on the Wall appears to have been built to hold a single auxiliary unit. With the pressures of war requiring increasing numbers, especially in the aftermath of the Social War of 91-88BC, recruitment from Rome’s expanding provinces became a necessity. By about AD 100 the northernmost army units in Britain lay along the. Auxiliaries supplemented the Legions of the late Republic and Principate and were recruited from non-citizens, usually provincial volunteers or from allied kingdoms. Auxiliary Corps Melee Infantry (16) Missile Infantry (18) Spear Infantry (7) Melee Cavalry (15) Missile Cavalry (11) Shock Cavalry (4) Elephant (2).

Rome 2 auxiliary units