12-01-2004, 08:30 PM
The same book says that Varus lost 1/10th of all Rome's legioniares. So, if on paper Varus had 14,460 legioniares, can we assume that the entire Roman standing army was about 145,000 men?<br>
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This does not seem at all sufficient to patrol, govern, defend and expand the empire in AD 9. Once Britain was invaded, and the empire was at its maximum size in AD 200, how many legionaires were active? How many legions? <p></p><i></i>
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This does not seem at all sufficient to patrol, govern, defend and expand the empire in AD 9. Once Britain was invaded, and the empire was at its maximum size in AD 200, how many legionaires were active? How many legions? <p></p><i></i>
