01-09-2013, 01:05 AM
Quote:Would a safe, simple answer for a questioner at a public event be, "Usually, a tribune, but there were sometimes others put in charge for the short or long term, as deemed fitting to the generals and/or legatus legionis"?Not in my opinion, David, because that answer is completely theoretical -- meaning that there is absolutely no justification for it at all.
A safer, simpler answer (imho) would be to admit that everything we know about the imperial Roman army of the Principate suggests that legionaries were deployed and commanded by century and not by cohort.
What's the cohort for, then? Good question. :wink:
