03-23-2014, 09:14 AM
"προσκουλκάτορας προσέταξεν ἄνδρας γενναίους ἐκ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν λαγκιαρίων καὶ ματτιαρίων χιλίους πεντακοσίους"
"He set as scouts brave men from the arithmos of the lanciarii and the mattiarii 1,500"
13.21
The thing is that no manpower number is given for the arithmoi themselves. Having selected 1,500 men from them seems to imply that together, they numbered more than that but nothing more. Zosimus also mentions the Mattiarii, the Lacciarii and the Victores at a certain siege, where he calls them lochoi (3.22.2).
"He set as scouts brave men from the arithmos of the lanciarii and the mattiarii 1,500"
13.21
The thing is that no manpower number is given for the arithmoi themselves. Having selected 1,500 men from them seems to imply that together, they numbered more than that but nothing more. Zosimus also mentions the Mattiarii, the Lacciarii and the Victores at a certain siege, where he calls them lochoi (3.22.2).