11-20-2011, 08:03 PM
Hi Duncan,
The reference is to Mommsen (1889) 195 ff, especially 207-208, 215.
Quote:Apologies for my tardiness, but I looked it up: according to the reference: "Mommsen formulated the hypothesis that the old legions were broken up into six detachments of about 1.000 men each, each detachment under one of the six tribunes of the legion, and most modern authors have followed him in this" (Nicasie p. 68, note 120).Robert Vermaat post=300089 Wrote:It was Mommsen who first noticed that old style legions were probably broken up into 6 detachments of a 1000, each of these commanded by one of the 6 tribunes of the old unit.I don't believe that Mommsen ever said that, so I would be overjoyed if you could find the reference demonstrating that he actually did. mile:
The reference is to Mommsen (1889) 195 ff, especially 207-208, 215.
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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