04-13-2014, 02:27 AM
Evan wrote:
Ammianus is not a Principate source.
What are you on about? Where did I mention in my last posting a reference to the principate?
Evan wrote:
Coello discusses Principate unit sizes some. He shows that 500-600 and 800 are the most likely numbers for Principate Auxilia units rather thoroughly.
If more scholars did their own original research than adhering to the conclusions of others, we would by now have a better understanding of the late roman army. And I for one do not think Coello has done a thorough job of investigating the empirical data. Much of his work is conjecture.
Ammianus is not a Principate source.
What are you on about? Where did I mention in my last posting a reference to the principate?
Evan wrote:
Coello discusses Principate unit sizes some. He shows that 500-600 and 800 are the most likely numbers for Principate Auxilia units rather thoroughly.
If more scholars did their own original research than adhering to the conclusions of others, we would by now have a better understanding of the late roman army. And I for one do not think Coello has done a thorough job of investigating the empirical data. Much of his work is conjecture.