10-29-2018, 08:06 PM
From Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: following the II century, the Roman Fortresses chnged their size and organization, here an example:
![[Image: 2nd-century1.jpg?w=500&h=237]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2nd-century1.jpg?w=500&h=237)
![[Image: late-3rd-century.jpg]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/late-3rd-century.jpg)
![[Image: late-4th-century.jpg]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/late-4th-century.jpg)
In some cases, the fortresses were build inside previous forts (Vindonissa, Eining). It is not really easy to estimate the number of men of a fortress of the late period, comparing it to to the number of men of a fortress of the second century.
![[Image: 2nd-century1.jpg?w=500&h=237]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2nd-century1.jpg?w=500&h=237)
![[Image: late-3rd-century.jpg]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/late-3rd-century.jpg)
![[Image: late-4th-century.jpg]](https://silberzahnjones.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/late-4th-century.jpg)
In some cases, the fortresses were build inside previous forts (Vindonissa, Eining). It is not really easy to estimate the number of men of a fortress of the late period, comparing it to to the number of men of a fortress of the second century.