Caesar's Legion hierarchy

The Military of Caesar's Legion refers to the military of Caesar's Legion, a large reactionary militaristic slavery society that dominates much of the post-war American wasteland. The military of the Legion, commonly known as the Legion Military, is comprised of brainwashed fanatical warriors conscripted into the military at a very young age and trained for war throughout their entire childhood. Legionnaires are loyal fanatical warriors dedicated to fighting on behalf of and at the orders of the Caesar of the Legion and view him as a messanger from the God of War, Mars. Throughout its history, the Legion Military has been one of the most powerful and feared forces in the wasteland, but its status was severly challenged due to serious opposition from the New California Republic.
==Overview==
Caesar's Legion is a reactionary and militaristic slaver society and is classified into various castes by those who've studied them. The military of the Legion is the largest and dominate of these castes making up most of its population, specifically its male population as women are forced into the role of breeders and caretakers tasked with giving birth to and caring for future Legionnaires. Legionnaires are trained in the ways of the ancient Roman Empire and are ordered to fight their enemies using only improvised weapons, machetes and other blunt objects with their devoution, fanaticism and blind loyalty towards Caesar driving them forward towards combat, even against technologically superior and better armed opponents such as the soldiers of the NCR. The Legion's large size and population allows it to muster a large army capable of sustaining high casualties and taking on far more better armed opponents. 
Legionnares are mostly made up of conscripted warriors from subjugated tribes under the Legion and are also made up of poorly armed recruits who are only equipped with improvised machetes, axes, and other blunt objects. Firearms are used by the Legion, but only by the decanus, officers of the Legion, and other high ranking Legionnaires such as centurions. If the situation gets desperate enough, Legionnaires will use firearms and give them to the recruits and even use vehicles if need be, but the Legion teaches its troops to avoid using said weapons as much as possible and forbids the usage of robots and drones viewing them as making human soldiers weaker. 
==Military Hierarchy==
The military hierarchy of the Legion's military is strict and well established. Most Legionaries are brainwashed tribesmen bread from birth to fight for Caesar at any cost. Due to the Legion being modeled after the Roman Empire, these men are sent into battle armed only with machetes, crudely made blades, and other blunt weapons. Firearms are used, but only by high ranking and important Legion soldiers and they're usually basic bolt action rifles. Such rules changed later on in the Legion's war against the NCR where the usage of firearms increased during the Arizona Campaign, but wasn't enough to repel the NCR forces who were trained to fight with firearms and advanced technology.
===Speculatores===
The Speculatores are a largely mysterious branch of the Legion and make only limited appearances in public. In the days of the Roman Empire, they served in scouting roles, but serve as the secret police of the Legion. They're goal is to keep the large slave population in check and make sure that Legion collaborators keep in line or suffer the consequences. Speculatores also oversee executions such as the Lottery and crucifixion and are commonly known as "Caesar's Wrath".
===Ballistarii===
The ballistarii, named from the Latin for a ballista crewman, are the Legion's artillery crews. During the early days of the Legion's conquest, the Legion made little use of pre-war artillery, as the tribes and wasteland communities they faced had few fortifications that could not be simply overrun by the massive hordes of infantry used by the Legion. Those artillery pieces that they did possess were often either kept in forts or else occasionally brought in for sieges of major settlements. Even as they moved into NCR territory, the border outposts such as Fort Aradesh (not to be mistaken for the NCR capital of the same name) and Bullhead City had small garrisons which could be easily overrun, albeit with heavy casualties. This began to change after the First Battle of Hoover Dam, where the Legion realized that the NCR's use of snipers and heavy gun emplacements on the dam, as well as the use of carefully placed mines could annihilate even a large force of charging Legionaries. The ballistarii make use of refurbished pre-war artillery, as well as improvised mortars and rockets, and even improvised catapults and ballistae similar to those of their ancient counterparts, constructed from old truck springs and firing bolts tipped with shaped charges and mini-nukes, used as short range weapons fired from hidden positions in urban terrain. In addition to their lower quality weapons, the ballistarii were also often less well-trained and less experienced than their counterparts in the NCR and Boomers.
===Essedarii===
The essedarii (Latin: charioteers) are the operators of vehicles under Legion control. Initially the few vehicles they held were used only as transports for Legion VIPs and, in the case of some equipped with improvised armor and weapons, for intimidation. After the defeat at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam and the subsequent freeing up of NCR armored assets previously deployed against the Brotherhood of Steel prior to the Treaty of Lost Hills, the Legion was forced to change their tactics. Realizing this, Aurelius of Phoenix ordered the refurbishment and deployment of as many pre-war vehicles as possible, forcibly recruiting any wastelanders with even the slightest amount of experience. The Legion managed to field about 100 pre-war military vehicles and a larger number of improvised fighting vehicles, however, their crews ere almost invariably inexperienced and poorly trained, proving easy targets for NCR and allied forces. Impressively given the haphazard nature of the repair operation, the Legion forces in Flagstaff and Phoenix even managed to repair a handful of aircraft and associated simulators found in pre-war bunkers, however, the few essedarii tasked to pilot crashed many of their aircraft, and many were destroyed on the ground. The less that ten that did get airborne and did not immediately crash were all shot down by NCR and Brotherhood aircraft.
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