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> This started with the Marian reforms. Per a post a couple weeks back by the same author as TFA, those weren't a thing actually: https://acoup.blog/2023/06/30
by dllthomas 3y ago
> This started with the Marian reforms.
Per a post a couple weeks back by the same author as TFA, those weren't a thing actually: https://acoup.blog/2023/06/30/collections-the-marian-reforms-werent-a-thing/ https://acoup.blog/2023/06/30/collections-the-marian-reforms...
- dllthomas 3y agoThe most relevant quote I could easily find: "Rewarding soldiers with loot and using conquered lands to form colonies wasn’t new and Marius doesn’t standardize it, Augustus does."