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Caesar's Legion legionaries
Caesar's Legion legionaries are the military force of Caesar's Legion living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

Background
While Caesar's Legion doesn't use a formal rank system for organization, it's experience-based military hierarchy is based upon the former Roman military ranks. The Legion's forces are composed entirely from assimilated tribes (a process that began with original legionaries, the Blackfoots) and their young offspring, reconditioned into the culture of Caesar's Legion and essentially wiped of their cultural heritage.

Gameplay attributes
Legionaries are typically equipped in a Wasteland equivalent of soldiers of the ancient Roman Empire: banded body armor (for the Roman lorica segmentata), a machete (in place of the Roman gladius shortsword), and at least one throwing spear (for the Roman pilum/pila javelins). However, quite a few of them carry light firearms in addition to or in place of the historically themed weapons.

Recruit legionary
Recruit legionaries are the backbone of the military of Caesars Legion. They are the lowest rank, and are often considered to be expendable in the eyes of higher ranking officers such as the Legate and veteran decanus. These Legionaries come from the various tribes conquered by the Legion. They go through Legion training, which given the nature of the Legion is no simple task. These Legionaries are better trained than your average NCR trooper when it comes to sheer conditioning and hand to hand combat. The NCR, however, has superior training with firearms. They range in combat experience, but all have yet to distinguish themselves to earn the rank of prime legionary. They are seen throughout wasteland in scouting and raiding parties. They are lead by a Recruit Decanus. All of them are absolute in their devotion to Caesar and the Legion, and will gladly give their life for their cause.

Prime legionary
Prime legionaries are the Legion's primary infantry force. They are the equivalent of Lieutenant or Sergeant ranks in modern militaries. They are most commonly found in Legion-controlled areas such as The Fort, Cottonwood Cove, and Nelson. Prime legionaries are distinguished from Recruit legionaries by the crimson color of their armor, as well as a unique visor that extends over their eyes as part of their covered helmets. Being the primary ground force, most of these warriors are equipped with weapons such as machetes, or throwing spears, but they can occasionally spawn with higher-level weapons such as hunting rifles, cowboy repeaters and 10mm SMG's. They are usually found in the eastern Mojave, traveling with a squad of Legionaries that may include higher-level warriors such as a veteran legionary or a Decanus. They are better in terms of training and equipment than the Recruit Legionaries

Veteran legionary
Long time veterans of the brutal campaigns of the Caesar's Legion, these legionaries are a force to reckon with. Many of them come from the Red Okie Centuria and what was once the Painted Rock tribe.

Veteran legionaries have the exact same health and skill level as Prime legionaries, however their Legion veteran armor offers slightly superior protection compared to Legion prime armor, and they are often equipped with better weaponry.

Legionary Decanus
Caesar based this rank on the unit leaders of the ancient Roman army. In Latin, decanus refers to a military rank of "a commander of ten soldiers". The Decanus in the game are recognizable with their helmet surrounded by feathers. The seniority of a decanus measure what color of its feathers, majority black and some red for a new, black with white tips for a more experienced, and black, red and white for a veteran. They work either as an assistant to a centurion or the head of a small camp of the legion.

Legionary scout
A legionary trained in the arts of reconnaissance. These legionaries are equipped with hunting rifles and lighter versions of the standard recruit armor. They are often accompanied by legion mongrels as support.

Legionary explorer
Legion explorers are tasked with surveying the lay of the land ahead of the primary Legion fighting force. They are also used as messengers for relaying communications between Legion outposts. Explorers are lightly armored and equipped, as their role in the Legion involves observation and speed rather than pure combat. Their Legion explorer armor provides only very modest protection, and they carry only a machete, a few throwing spears, and occasionally a hunting rifle or cowboy repeater.

Legion Explorers can be found at Nelson and Cottonwood Cove, the Legion's two primary bases of operation west of the Colorado river. They can also be found at Caesar's stronghold, Fortification Hill.

Legionary assassin
They are assassins for Caesar. You will first find them on your way to Novac, and they will attack you if you kill the Caesar's Legionnaires at Nipton and Vulpes Inculta. The Player may encounter a squad of three legionary assassins if they are at a status of "Shunned" or worse with Caesar's Legion. This may also occur after aiding the Legion's enemies, namely the NCR, by successfully completing the quests Three-Card Bounty, I Put a Spell on You, I Don't Hurt Anymore, or any other quest that improves the reputation of the Player with the NCR. Legionary assassins can spawn anywhere in the wasteland upon the players arrival in that area and will attack any enemy force upon sight, similarly to the Regulators and Talon Company in Fallout 3.

Legionary assassin parties can also be found attacking trading outposts or NCR garrisons like the 188 Trading Post without actively attacking the Courier (if he/she is Neutral or Ally with Caesar's Legion) unless engaged.

Vexillarius
A soldier chosen as a vexillarius is a standard bearer that carries the Vexillum, a military standard displaying the emblem of the Legion. The vexillarius provide troops with a rallying point and morale during heated exchanges. Though the vexillarius are not heavily armed, they are given the luxury of wearing superior armor in comparison to the standard legionary.

Praetorian
Their name refers to the ancient Roman Praetorians, bodyguards of a general's tent (praetorium) and, in later centuries, of the emperors.

Caesar explains that his Praetorians are hand-picked from amongst the ranks of those Legionaries who have served for long enough and have killed enough men to qualify as Centurions. Those invited to join the Praetorians must pick a current member of the Praetorian guard whom they believe is the weakest, and challenge them to an unarmed duel to the death. If the invitee wins, he assumes the position.

Praetorians focus exclusively on unarmed combat in battle, and can see through disguises. The leader of the Praetorian Guard is Lucius, the third most powerful man in Caesar's Legion.

Centurion
Caesar based this rank on the unit leaders (centurio/centuriones in Latin) of the ancient Roman army. Ancient Roman centurions were recognizable by the horizontal fanned plume on their helmets and the greave plates on their shins.

Centurions are the most skilled and experienced members of the Legion's military; a legionary must personally serve in many campaigns and kill many hundreds of opponents before they can qualify to become a Centurion. Each Centurion leads a centuria of 80 men (which includes 8 to 16 Decanus officers). A group of 8 Centurions leads a cohort of 480 men (the largest military unit in the Legion). Centurions are rarely encountered in the Mojave Wasteland; due to their vast experience they are too valuable to squander on minor scouting skirmishes, and Caesar is saving most of his Centurions for his climactic assault on Hoover Dam.

While Centurions do not have quite as much health as specialist elite units such as Legionary Assassins, Legion Vexillarii, or Praetorian guards, their Legion Centurion armor is by far the strongest armor available to Caesar's Legion; built from armor pieces taken from enemies that a Centurion has personally killed (including components from Super Mutant armor and Power Armor), it offers virtually the same level of protection as NCR Ranger combat armor. They are also equipped with the best weaponry the Legion has available.

Appearances
Caesar's Legion legionaries appears in Fallout: New Vegas.