The Roman Recruit
  • Gaius Fortunatus
    • Part 1: Stuck on Hadrian's Wall
    • Part 2: Following My Father
    • Part 3: The Year of Five Emperors
    • Part 4: Conquest of Parthia
    • Part 5: Defending the Danube
    • Part 6: Towards The British War
    • Part 7: Fighting the Barbarians
  • Units Served With
    • Legio II Pia Italica
    • Legio VI Victrix
  • Arms & Armour
    • Helmet
    • Shield
    • Sword
    • Pilum
    • Armour
    • Subarmalis
    • Dagger & Belt
  • Clothing
    • Tunic
    • Boots
    • Cloaks & Capes
    • Trousers
  • Life at the Fort
    • Barracks and Duties
    • Food
    • Religion
    • The Marching Pack
  • Inside the Legion
  • References
  • Articles and Links
  • 130AD
  • 380AD

UNITS SERVED WITH

Gaius Fortunatus is a fictional soldier, but serves to illustrate how soldiers lived and worked, and how they moved from one unit to another. Fortunatus joined the Roman legions just as his father did, but like many soldiers he moved around the empire and was transferred more than once.
190    Joined Legio II Pia Italica at Lauricium

193    Year of Five Emperors

194    Legio II Italica sends a detachment to the East

197    Legio II Italica participates in the Battle of Lugdunum; II Italica then joins Severus on his campaign
         to capture the Parthian capital


199    Legio II Italica return from the East

201    Fortunatus serves with Danubian fleet, the Classis Pannonica based at Taurunum

206    Plague

207    Rendezvous with other units in Gaul in preparation for the British War

208    Transferred to Legio VI Victrix at Eboracum; march north to Medio Nemeton on the Antonine Wall

209   First expedition against the Caledonii under Caracalla

210   Second expedition against the Caledonii, peace terms followed (September) by a general revolt.
        Late September a third expedition sets out to wipe out all the tribes; Fortunatus remains at Medio 
        Nemeton. During the winter he travels south with the army to his barracks in Eboracum. 

Below Member of the III Italica re-enactment group from Regensburg displays the clothing and equipment of a legionary or auxiliary from around 200AD. He wears a Heddernheim-style helmet, a chainmail shirt and long sleeved tunic along with long trousers. His boots are enclosed calcei. The resemblence to Fortunatus' equipment is remarkable, even down to the ring-buckle belt, dagger, long sword and wide leather baldric. This soldier has a narrow oval shield, resembling the auxiliary shields of the 2nd century. (Photo Matthias Kabel, Wiki Commons, 2005)
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