Troops in Rome, AD408-410?

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Zosimus used the word tagmata, not banda.

The words of Zosimus are :

"Five of the tagmata in Damatia" and "these tagmata were manned with 6,000 men"

Tagma is the usual term for legion (although it is also used by many authors as a general term for unit) along with telos, both used by Zosimus in multiple instances.

I stand corrected. I think the fact that most people use the Latin translation without consulting the original Greek causes some of the problems. I am particularly keen to know how the Greek version of Zosimus account of the Battle of Adrianople differs from the Latin version.