... of filling up the legions with provincials or peasants and permitting conquered people to settle Roman land in exchange for military service, when called upon. Therefore by the time of Marcus Aurelius, the army was composed to either composed of ignorant countrymen from remote parts of the empire, the poorer class, or foreigners. This cultivated an army that had little respect for ... and more apathetic to their original mission and became more and more tied to the political workings in Rome. The political workings of Rome changed dramatically after the time of Marcus Aurelius mainly du...

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