10-14-2014, 10:24 AM
Quote:Ammianus mentioning the 700 cavalry consisting of two turmae, and Zosimus terming cavalry a tagmata
Ammianus is writing in Latin, Zosimus in Greek; they could be referring to the same thing.
Quote:an arithmoi as numbering 600 men consisting of two numeri of 300 men.
Again, arithmos (singular) is Greek, numerus is Latin. The two words appear to refer to the same formation.
Nathan Ross