09-24-2003, 07:40 PM
Quote:</em></strong><hr>Which would explain why it was dropped (as I understand it) when the Romans went up against the Gauls. <hr>I don't think it was dropped at all.<br>
The battle arrangment for a 'Marian' legion of ten cohorts was not that much different. Only the three maniples of the cohort were placed in the same line and next to each other, while in the Polybian legion they had been divided over the three battle lines.<br>
Drawing the cohorts as squares is in my opinion erroneous. It would suggest that the three maniples were posted behind one another. That however would result in nine, rather than three battle lines and that's simply ridiculous. <p>Greetings<br>
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Rob Wolters</p><i></i>
The battle arrangment for a 'Marian' legion of ten cohorts was not that much different. Only the three maniples of the cohort were placed in the same line and next to each other, while in the Polybian legion they had been divided over the three battle lines.<br>
Drawing the cohorts as squares is in my opinion erroneous. It would suggest that the three maniples were posted behind one another. That however would result in nine, rather than three battle lines and that's simply ridiculous. <p>Greetings<br>
<br>
Rob Wolters</p><i></i>
drsrob a.k.a. Rob Wolters
