 In their place, much of Rome's military were now recruited from non-Italian peoples living within the empire's borders.Many of these people were barbarians or semi-barbarians recently settled from lands beyond the empire, including several colonies of "Carpi", "Bastarnae" and "Sarmatians".Although units described as "legiones" existed as late as the 5th century in both the border and field armies, the legionary system was very different from that of the principate and early empire.