03-07-2017, 06:53 PM
Nathan wrote:
There's also a debatable reference in Herodian to Severan increasing the number of troops in Rome by four, which some people have suggested meant enlarging the size of the praetorian and perhaps horse guards as well.
I found this reference to be right and wrong. It works out that the equites singular of the principate are increased by four, but then Herodian is comparing the equites singular of the principate with the total number of praetorian cavalry and urban cavalry. That is how my research rolls.
There's also a debatable reference in Herodian to Severan increasing the number of troops in Rome by four, which some people have suggested meant enlarging the size of the praetorian and perhaps horse guards as well.
I found this reference to be right and wrong. It works out that the equites singular of the principate are increased by four, but then Herodian is comparing the equites singular of the principate with the total number of praetorian cavalry and urban cavalry. That is how my research rolls.
