Why did some soldiers of the Roman army have a white or a blue uniform? Most Roman soldiers had a red uniform but in every movie and game there is one blue
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Were the Roman Legionary uniforms all in red as depicted in the movies? I suspect the dye required for the red in such scale could be quite non economical in ancient times. -
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