By the first centuryB.C.E.,soldiers in Roman armies were loyal to Rome itself.

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By the first century B.C.E.,the property requirement to join the Roman army had been abolished.This meant that landless and unemployed men joined the army as a career in and of itself and they looked to their commanders for victory and potential riches from war booty.The result was legions which were loyal to their commanders rather than to the state.This new reality set the stage for civil war between Rome's generals.

By the First CenturyB