06-19-2014, 12:06 PM
Howard,
From a cursory reading of the history (even just dear old Wiki'), wasn't his army much reduced by the time of the final battle? Perhaps 8 cohorts (ie less than a full legion), organised in the standard triplex acies, were pretty much all he had left - supported by additional 'hangers on' who were then just concentrated en masse in the rear
Gelu,
Are there many? As far as I know Caesar really only mentions the one in much detail, at the battle of the Ebro, where he famously uses the 4-3-3 - but perhaps that one is mentioned only because it is an exception due to the space available.....
There certainly don't appear to be many others - I've been looking.
From a cursory reading of the history (even just dear old Wiki'), wasn't his army much reduced by the time of the final battle? Perhaps 8 cohorts (ie less than a full legion), organised in the standard triplex acies, were pretty much all he had left - supported by additional 'hangers on' who were then just concentrated en masse in the rear
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actually they are many more formations described
for the period you mention there is at least Caesar who has very neat comments on arraying and this is just a fast example but any that wrote history accounts in roman times has descriptions of the battle order
..........Gelu
Gelu,
Are there many? As far as I know Caesar really only mentions the one in much detail, at the battle of the Ebro, where he famously uses the 4-3-3 - but perhaps that one is mentioned only because it is an exception due to the space available.....
There certainly don't appear to be many others - I've been looking.
