Roman Army before and after the Marius' Reforms

[JaM]

so you are saying that Proletarii were allowed to serve in legion? thats new... care to post some sources on this?

and just to be clear.. i'm not talking about Legions after Marius, but Legions in the bring of Second Punic War, or legions before Cynoscephalae or Pydna...  Steven's numbers are specific for 232BC, so lets not mix them up with Caesarian census..


Besides, my point still stands.. Class I from those numbers was the biggest one, i counted 36% of all.