02-26-2005, 12:23 PM
"maniples fought in the front and were called hastati because of the spears they carry."<br>
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The hastati stopped to use the heavy spear "hasta" when the pilum was introduced, The triarii are the ones who use the real hasta.<br>
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"You are right about the 6 centuries in one cohort, but you forget about the prima cohort which contained 10. The other nine held 6 centuries. Making one legion hold around 5000 men."<br>
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The 1st cohort contains 5 centuries at double strenght. I'm not so sure if they even existed in the late republican periode. The 1st cohort was an imperial invention, if I remember that correctly, and the question is if it was ever standardized, especially because the legions were understrenght most of the time anyways.<br>
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The hastati stopped to use the heavy spear "hasta" when the pilum was introduced, The triarii are the ones who use the real hasta.<br>
<br>
"You are right about the 6 centuries in one cohort, but you forget about the prima cohort which contained 10. The other nine held 6 centuries. Making one legion hold around 5000 men."<br>
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The 1st cohort contains 5 centuries at double strenght. I'm not so sure if they even existed in the late republican periode. The 1st cohort was an imperial invention, if I remember that correctly, and the question is if it was ever standardized, especially because the legions were understrenght most of the time anyways.<br>
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[Micha F.]
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[Micha F.]
