04-18-2013, 02:33 PM
Quote: But as with other aspects of the Roman army, it is probably best to allow for a range of practices at different places and times.
Thats propably what the romans did. They used whats available, manageable and appropriate:
Mass logistics: ships, oxcarts, mulecarts in order to supply logistic-points /-forts; also with relais-systems. It seems that the cursus vehiculorum was of minor importance for army logistics.
Baggage train: mulecarts, mule, calones
Forced March: mule and calones or just the infantrymen themselves.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas