id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7878 Auxilia - Wikipedia .html text/html 14103 1451 66 After the Illyrian revolt, these cohorts remained in being and recruited non-citizens like other auxiliary units, but retained their prestigious c.R. title.[17][36] In addition, the regular forces were assisted by a large number of allied troops from neighbouring Thrace deployed by their king Rhoemetalces I, a Roman amicus (puppet king).[37] In the elite palatini regiments, anywhere between a third and a half of recruits may have been barbarian.[97] This is likely a much greater proportion of foreigners than joined the auxilia in the 1st and 2nd centuries.[102] In the 3rd century, a small number of regular auxiliary units appear in the record that, for the first time, bear the names of barbarian tribes from outside the empire e.g. the ala I Sarmatarum attested in 3rd-century Britain.[103] This was probably an offshoot of the 5,500 surrendered Sarmatian horsemen posted on Hadrian's Wall by emperor Marcus Aurelius in c. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7878.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7878.txt