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Originally Posted by Breha
Roman legions under the empire included people from every corner of it, even people from non empire controlled area would serve, it seems that even some Norwegians were enlisted ...
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I've heard about Norwegians, but I imagine that that would be near to the end of the Imperial Rome. Scandinavia remained for nearly all of the time period mostly
terra ignota. They did, however, serve Byzantium.
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The word roman is devoid of a racial meaning from the late Republic onward.
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Same as with German[ic] and Slav[ic] later.
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