08-15-2013, 07:40 PM
Quote:ehm... what linked reference?
:lol: Yes, a use of the word 'linked' that doesn't mean a 'hyperlink' - I'm obviously not 'hip'......
The 'link' to the size of the camping plot I detailed - that the triarii-maniples were camped in 100ft x 50ft as opposed to the hastati/principes 100ft x 100ft. On that basis I certainly don't find it unreasonable to consider the triarii-maniple to be half the size and, by corollary, that the velite complement is also half the size.
And hence (my interpretation) that the 1,000 velites are distributed proportionally and leading to a view that the proto-century of 60+20+3 is already represented in the Polybian organisation.
You may have a view that the 'half-size' is not perhaps justified - but I thought I'd ask. Perhaps the translation could then be interpreted the 'proportional' way?
