06-01-2004, 06:16 AM
Hi<br>
I was wondering<br>
the classical republican legion had a depth of 10 ranks (4 hastati+4 principes+ 2 triarii)<br>
The late republican/imperial legion had a depth of 24 ranks, (8 ranks each cohors, 3 lines of cohortes)<br>
I never read any comment on this significative change of deployment, was there any well known reason for that, or did I make a mistake in my counts? <p></p><i></i>
I was wondering<br>
the classical republican legion had a depth of 10 ranks (4 hastati+4 principes+ 2 triarii)<br>
The late republican/imperial legion had a depth of 24 ranks, (8 ranks each cohors, 3 lines of cohortes)<br>
I never read any comment on this significative change of deployment, was there any well known reason for that, or did I make a mistake in my counts? <p></p><i></i>