The nature of the terrain precluded the large armoured formations experienced in North Africa

becoming a powerful force in its own right

Artillery and aircraft are not precision weapons

each armed with bolt rifles

Hail Caesar: Early Imperial Romans: Auxiliaries Boxed Set Malingtype_Model Color The nature of the terrainAuxiliaries is a term used to describe non native soldiers in Roman service. The term nowadays can almost be read as pejorative, but the auxiliaries of Imperial Rome were hard fighting men! Well equipped and well trained these men, sometimes from quite diverse backgrounds and cultures, bonded together into tough units, officered by Romans. Auxiliary units did a great deal of the fighting despite the glory boys in the Legions receiving all the acclaim!