01-22-2020, 04:48 PM
Ubicius' treatise is a theoretical work like Vegetius', etc. It's the basis in part for the Strategikon of Pseudo-Maurice, but it's not until the Strategikon (c. 584 or later) that an actual standardization takes place.
I use a set of numbers for my book going something like 256 for Tarantiarchiai/Cunei, 512 for Alae, 480 for Cohorts, 640 for Numeri and unspecified infantry units, and 960 for Legions. But I basically conclude that the army in the 5th century just wasn't standardized, that there were a variety of units of varying sizes going under the same labels and that it's probably impossible to figure out the precise number.
Also fuck I forgot to include Eunapius in my book. I read that passage in Blockley but forgot about it.
I use a set of numbers for my book going something like 256 for Tarantiarchiai/Cunei, 512 for Alae, 480 for Cohorts, 640 for Numeri and unspecified infantry units, and 960 for Legions. But I basically conclude that the army in the 5th century just wasn't standardized, that there were a variety of units of varying sizes going under the same labels and that it's probably impossible to figure out the precise number.
Also fuck I forgot to include Eunapius in my book. I read that passage in Blockley but forgot about it.
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