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They had some African auxiliaries but none of them would have been legionaries which is what the guy is portrayed as. Of course if they were black African, then they would have been from Nubia or Aksum and had traveled up the Nile to Egypt as Rome never conquered that far south. North Africa was almost entirely light skinned during the period. Either way, only citizens of Rome could be legionaries and anyone else was an auxiliary.
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[–] Grospoliner 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They had some African auxiliaries but none of them would have been legionaries which is what the guy is portrayed as. Of course if they were black African, then they would have been from Nubia or Aksum and had traveled up the Nile to Egypt as Rome never conquered that far south. North Africa was almost entirely light skinned during the period. Either way, only citizens of Rome could be legionaries and anyone else was an auxiliary.