05-19-2009, 06:47 AM
Ave,
We were wondering about the position in the line of the capsarius and how he was equipped. Ran through the threads on this and mostly found really excellent examples of recreated medical implements. Gives our fellows a goal to strive for! But we didn't find where our capsarius was positioned, Were they pooled together at a spot in the rear of the line, placed to the rear of each cohort,...or maybe on line fighting with everyone else and then converting to capsarius duties after the battle. Somehow that last scenario doesn't seem that likely.
It is really easy to project modern practices on to this situation , and I am trying hard not to do that,... but a placement somewhere to the rear of the line to care for wounded, as the line moved forward just seems to make sense.
Can we get some opinions on this from the RAT community , and any citations would be fantastic. As far as languages go, Articles in German are no problem, and our University Latin can carry us a bit forward but not far .
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
We were wondering about the position in the line of the capsarius and how he was equipped. Ran through the threads on this and mostly found really excellent examples of recreated medical implements. Gives our fellows a goal to strive for! But we didn't find where our capsarius was positioned, Were they pooled together at a spot in the rear of the line, placed to the rear of each cohort,...or maybe on line fighting with everyone else and then converting to capsarius duties after the battle. Somehow that last scenario doesn't seem that likely.
It is really easy to project modern practices on to this situation , and I am trying hard not to do that,... but a placement somewhere to the rear of the line to care for wounded, as the line moved forward just seems to make sense.
Can we get some opinions on this from the RAT community , and any citations would be fantastic. As far as languages go, Articles in German are no problem, and our University Latin can carry us a bit forward but not far .
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
ARMINIVS PRIMVS
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE