10-17-2014, 01:31 PM
Quote:I calculate the Numerus as eight eighty-man centuries, totalling 640 men, plus officers (19 officers approximately: A centurio and biarchus for each century, making 16, plus a Senator (Herald), Primicerius (Sort of like a Second-In-Command, Camp Chief, and Quartermaster), and of course the Tribunis. I might be forgetting one or two. If it had Ducenarii it would be 23 officers.You may be right but it seems rather large to me. Can you let us have your reasoning?
Quote:A numeri is a different ball game. I gave that example. 300 divided by four infantry equals 75 centuries.Please, Steven, numerus singular, numeri plural! Sorry, I'm on my hobbyhorse! To get back to the issue, where is there a unit of 75 centuries? Or are you suggesting that a numerus is the same as an old-style vexillation, cobbled together from detatchments from more than one legion? If so, I think that I would like to see the evidence.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
