03-02-2020, 04:06 PM
Sorry for not replying earlier - I`ve not been around much lately...
Yes indeed, in my investigations re. legionary sizes I found this little snippet about Roman infantry closing the intervals between files in Livy:
“To prevent his line from being quickly broken he [Gaius Flamininus] halved the front and gave twice the depth to the files, so that the depth might be greater than the width. He also ordered the ranks to close up so that man might be in touch with man and arms with arms.” (Livy 33.8)
From the battle of Cynocephalae, Livy describes an "elbow-to-elbow" close order.
Best Regards,
Mike.
Yes indeed, in my investigations re. legionary sizes I found this little snippet about Roman infantry closing the intervals between files in Livy:
“To prevent his line from being quickly broken he [Gaius Flamininus] halved the front and gave twice the depth to the files, so that the depth might be greater than the width. He also ordered the ranks to close up so that man might be in touch with man and arms with arms.” (Livy 33.8)
From the battle of Cynocephalae, Livy describes an "elbow-to-elbow" close order.
Best Regards,
Mike.
