01-21-2012, 10:42 PM
Quote:You have asked before about the time line of the book and I have given it. But for the record it covers from Servius Tullius to Vegetius. However, the cosmos has been designed for a 1200 year period so this takes it to around 460 AD. I believe Vegetius is describing the last legion.
In which case, as the later empire is the period on the empire I find most interesting, I expect I will be even more interested in your work as I assume that you will be explaining why you think that Vegetius is describing the legio in use around the middle of the C5th as current view is certainly that Vegetius is looking back at something that no longer exists (presumably why it is called the antiqua legio). Not to mention the size of the Roman army of the period as there were, if we may assume that the 2 parts of the Notitia can be used as a reasonable estimate for the early C5th, 93 legions in the field armies to which those of the limitanei would have to be added.
