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=Life for a citizen of Caesar's Legion=

Caesar, when creating his Legion, did so with the sole purpose of conquest. This Total War approach created a society that cared little for the well-being of the individual, unless that individual was Caesar. And while all needed resources, be they equipment, food or people, go directly to the front camps, it's likely the living situation of a person in Legion territory varies greatly depending on certain factors.

A Slave of the Legion
Everyone in the Legion is a slave, with the exceptions of Caesar, Joshua Graham (while he was the active Legate) and possibly Legate Lanius. All members, be they soldiers or poorly-treated women in the camp, are marked with red crosses. Caesar's "army of slaves," as the opening narration explains, makes it clear that if the soldiers, the most revered members of this Total War society, are slaves. It's only reasonable to assume the rest of the citizens are slaves as well.

The daily tasks and what is expected of an individual vary as widely as it would in any society, however the Legion is exacting and demanding when it comes to its members. Within the army, even the head of the praetorian guard is only alive so long as no other can take his place. Given the Legion's brutality and disregard concerning their own soldier's lives, if a person is unable to be useful in his assigned duty, it's easy to assume they are disposed of.

While the Legion's civilians may not directly participate in battle, the goods they craft and aid they bring are likely just as harshly demanded. However, the quality of life and exacting standards a citizen is held to likely changes drastically depending on their location.

Life in Legion Territory
Fortification Hill is not a normal example of daily life for the majority of Legion-controlled areas, as it is the forward camp of the army. Areas that aren't war zones are likely run very differently, given that strict military control of all occupied territory would take away a huge amount of resources from the war effort.

Because of this, it's likely situations like Primm's pro-Legion ending are a common situation in Legion territory. They still function as they did before, but the Legion owns the land. Likely, if the Legion suddenly needed bodies or something of use could be gathered from the town, Primm would be folded into direct Legion control (and the people processed into workers or soldiers). Towns like Primm are likely all over outer regions of New Mexico and Arizona as well, “free” until the Legion finds a use for them.

Larger, more central towns and cities, though likely not as harshly governed as war camps, are directly controlled by the military. Though it's just as likely the area's quality of life depends on the Legionary in charge of them.

Joining the Legion
The Legion's main methods of acquiring new members, other than by birth, are willing recruitment and tribal conquest.

The willing additions, for the most part, seem to fall into two categories: people who are deemed useful that are misled into joining, such as the Great Khans (depending on the actions of the Courier), and those who find the Legion's strength to be worth the apparent unpleasant factors, such as the White Legs, though in that particular case, the tribe was used to destroy New Canaan along with Joshua Graham. Whether or not they were actually intended to be added to the Legion is unclear.

The Frumentarii, while courting a new groups that are deemed worthy of joining Legion, will lie extensively to get new members to willing join. Karl, the Frumentarii in charge of negotiating with the Great Khans for their admission, told the group that women could be members of their army and that chem use was allowed, two wildly untrue things, in hopes that they would willing join.

Their fate, and the fate of all groups that had willingly been absorbed, is made clear in a ledger which can be found in Caesar's tent. Tribes are split up, body modifications identifying a person to their original group are removed and members are processed into the Legion's society.

People unwilling or unable to adapt to the Legion's homogenization, be they willing or unwilling recruits, are killed. In this way Caesar is able to keep obedience.