12-03-2011, 01:51 AM
Quote:Let's look at these demands:
The average Comitatensian Infantryman was paid 6 Solidi per Annum. Throw in Food, cost of supplying that food, and the cost of his armor and you're looking at 30 solidi per annum.
On Campaign, you had to Guard these supplies as they worked it's way towards the border - According to Heather's Empires and Barbarians, the cost of transport of materials over land increased literally exponentially the further you got away from the supply source. Transport by ship was easier and cheaper, but not all places were accessible by ship.
Therefore, it is more difficult to upply the men, so you have to be reasonable about that.
And another reason I have seen is that the Field Armies and Garrisons would settle down at their stations and wouldn't want to leave their homes or families to go on camapign.
But again, none of this is really any different whether you have 8000 men in 16 units or 8000 men in 8-10 units - it is the same number of men either way (although you'd have slightly more senior officers with the extra number of units).
