07-13-2007, 10:37 AM
Ah, Geala/Wolfgang, it is good to have a ‘doubting Thomas’ amongst us, in order to put matters to the test ! Of course, you are not the first to doubt this feat, but I am a great believer in accepting the sources unless there is a very good reason not to. Time and again, as remarked elsewhere, the sources, though doubted, are proven correct. So when I saw your first post, and The Great Crash of the site occurred, I decided to look further into it……..
The normal Roman marching pace ( according to Vegetius) was 100 paces (i.e. two 30 inch steps) per minute, and they expected to normally cover 15-21 miles in seven hours in the morning, then dig the camp ,patrol and forage in the afternoon. This equates well with the standard British Army rate of an average 3m.p.h, marching 50 minutes and resting 10 each hour. (see Watson, G.R. “The Roman Soldierâ€
The normal Roman marching pace ( according to Vegetius) was 100 paces (i.e. two 30 inch steps) per minute, and they expected to normally cover 15-21 miles in seven hours in the morning, then dig the camp ,patrol and forage in the afternoon. This equates well with the standard British Army rate of an average 3m.p.h, marching 50 minutes and resting 10 each hour. (see Watson, G.R. “The Roman Soldierâ€
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
