Zodiac and Late Roman Army Organisation

[ValentinianVictrix]

Not sure if your getting too many people joining your camp as the current received wisdom has Late Roman legiones being around 1200 men strong. It's not something I entirely agree with, and once I can find a copy of Zosimus in the original Greek (or I may write to Ridley and ask him direct) I will check one particular passage that may throw some light on the matter. I'm also hoping that the translation of those Anastasian Edict stones from Perge by Onur may also throw some light on Late Roman unit sizes.

From Zosimus we know that Late Roman auxilia units were 1000 men strong, and I would think that the Legiones would have been larger, how much larger is open to much debate!