01-06-2008, 07:04 AM
Another research gem centres on Bingham’s book on Aelian’s Military Tactics written in 1616. Bingham extensively draws on Sudius for information on Macedonian drill and the Roman army. Sudius remark about the Roman ranks confirms the Roman army was based on rank system and not file. The fact Sudius mentions it from “the left hand to the rightâ€