> Roman armies were only "staffed" by citizens Er, no. It was a path to citizenship. The Tartship Strippers quote "service guarantees citizenship" had real a

> Roman armies were only "staffed" by citizens Er, no. It was a path to citizenship. The Tartship Strippers quote "service guarantees citizenship" had real antecedents, and is even now a benefit of military service in the US. See, e.g. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/abs/army-and-the-spread-of-roman-citizenship/263BF712F6F4B5081AA4E0561B35A52F https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-stu... for the first, and https://www.uscis.gov/military/naturalization-through-military-service https://www.uscis.gov/military/naturalization-through-milita... for the second.