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Hello there I was wondering if you could tell me what other races of people where in the roman army apart from italians at the time they desacrated jerusleam. Thanks very much  

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Hello,

In the Roman legions there were soldiers who came from all the regions of the Roman Empire which at that time   embraced Italy of course, France, England, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Macedonia, Belgium, Swiss, Austria,  Albania, Northern Africa, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Palestine, Israel, Syria.


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Maria

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