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The Rubicon team aims to fill the gap between disasters and traditional aid organizations
On 12th January 2010, a magnitude 0 earthquake struck Haiti's Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and about 1 million Haitians stayed home in a short time. Two Marines and a few other veterans served as the Rubicon team and entered Haiti with the mission of volunteering.
There are mainly two types of Roman soldiers. If you are a citizen of Rome, you can join the corps and become a corps. If you are not a citizen but live in the Roman Empire, you can become an assistant. Supplementary equipment only pays one-third of auxiliary equipment, but still many people want to participate. As a farmer said, this is a stable job with steady income and may be better than you do at home. Roman commander Marius totally changed the situation. He allowed ordinary people, including the poor, to join the military. They got paid and participated for 25 years. They can earn more money by plundering (wealth from the enemies they get) and occasionally the emperor gave them special cash gifts. Veterans usually gain some land after leaving the army. This is usually the town near the camp where they live.
In ancient Rome there are two kinds of people, citizen and non-citizen. Over the centuries, Roman law has changed many times, there are people who can become citizens and people who can not become citizens. For a while, civilians (general people) were not citizens. Only aristocrats (aristocracy, wealthy landowners, and old families) can become citizens. That law has changed. For a while, civilians could not marry aristocrats. That law has changed. For a while, children born to parents who are not citizens can not become citizens. The law has been adjusted so that people can apply for becoming Roman citizens. Rome is pure. But they always adjust the law to adapt to the times