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Caesar forbade mention of his name and now he is spoken of only in hushed whispers by the lowest legionaries and slaves, who call him the Burned Man. The Praetorian guard covered the Legate in pitch, set him on fire, and cast him into the depths of the Grand Canyon. Caesar, angered at the failure of his Legate, made an example of him. Shortly after the few survivors of the trap at Boulder City were finished off, NCR Troopers under the command of General Lee Oliver then counter-attacked, pushing back and eventually routing the Legion's main force after having successfully held the Dam. When the Legion's elite forces entered the city, the Rangers and First Recon detonated the explosives and inflicted severe casualties on the enemy, crippling their offensive. He realized too late that the Rangers and First Recon had booby-trapped Boulder City, laying explosives all along their route of retreat and throughout the city itself. The NCR 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and NCR Rangers, under the command of Chief Hanlon, executed a tactical retreat west into Boulder City after using their prowess in marksmanship to kill the Legion's centurions and decani from afar, an act that prompted the Malpais Legate to order the Legion's elite forces to push forward in pursuit of the enemy sharpshooters. In what became known as the First Battle of Hoover Dam, The Malpais Legate advanced against the NCR defenders but his forces were unable to penetrate the Republic's defenses. Under the command of the Malpais Legate, Legion forces marched against the New California Republic garrison at Hoover Dam, in an attempt to take the strategic asset and river crossing.
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The advancing forces eventually made contact with the NCR near New Vegas and began a campaign to take the region with their forces consisting of 87 conquered tribes. Subsequently, the Legion expanded west into the Mojave and established a base of operations on Fortification Hill overlooking Lake Mead and the Colorado River in 2277. President Kimball recounts during that year, the Desert Rangers of Nevada joined the New California Republic's forces to protect the region against "the tyranny of regime."
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In 2271, the Legion's presence served as a catalyst for the Ranger Unification Treaty. However, the Legion would eventually break the alliance and conquer the Twisted Hairs as they had with many other tribes, erasing their tribal identity and crucifying those who resisted along Interstate 40. In the early days of the Legion, the powerful Twisted Hairs tribe of Arizona would aid the Legion as scouts. Under the combined leadership of Caesar and Graham, the latter of whom had been declared the "Malpais Legate," the newly-formed "Legion" led campaigns against other tribes, forming a fanatically loyal army of assimilated warriors. He crowned himself "Caesar" and decreed that all peoples under him would set aside their old identities and embrace his vision of a society modeled after the ancient Roman Empire. As his confederation grew, Sallow saw the need to dispose of the divisive tribal cultures. Under his guidance, the Blackfoots not only defeated but subjugated the neighboring tribes and came to regard Sallow as their one and only chieftain. Unwilling to leave his and his comrades' fate up to chance, Sallow instructed his captors in the arts of war, drawing largely on what he had read about the military tactics of Ancient Rome. While still a captive, Sallow noticed the Blackfoots' martial ineptitude and feared that their more numerous enemies would soon overwhelm them. Not long into their travels, the group was captured by the Blackfoot tribe and held for ransom. The group included Followers Edward Sallow, Calhoun, a physician, Mormon missionary Joshua Graham, a specialist in tribal dialects. In the year 2246, the Followers of the Apocalypse sent a group to the Grand Canyon to study the region’s tribal languages.