01-30-2014, 08:14 PM
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So if he writes that the ancient legion was formed up by four lines consisting of the Princeps, Hastati, Triarii and the Ferentarii thats because he has read about that formation in another work he had access to.
Whilst I couldn't agree more with what Evan wrote - are you sure he hasn't got that wrong, perhaps because those terms (the first 3) no longer exist to describes troops in separate lines and he determines the 'principles' to then come first?
Let alone that he's using a different term (ferentarii) instead of velites and therefore, indeed, that he takes the classic triplex acies that we are perhaps far more comfortable with and creates this acies quadrata because he doesn't understand how the velites are deployed (supporting/belonging to their centuries/maniples) and thus thinks they form a line of their own?
