05-24-2013, 12:19 PM
Evan wrote:
Maniples are the new term for a Contubernium, if you read the thread Pompeius made. I think they were a unit not in the legions, but a way of division in the 500-man quingenary units of the Palantines and some Limitanei.
The Historiae Augustae mentions legions during Probus reign, one legion being numbered the 10th legion. I am comfortable with the legion for this period being organised into maniples.
Maniples are the new term for a Contubernium, if you read the thread Pompeius made. I think they were a unit not in the legions, but a way of division in the 500-man quingenary units of the Palantines and some Limitanei.
The Historiae Augustae mentions legions during Probus reign, one legion being numbered the 10th legion. I am comfortable with the legion for this period being organised into maniples.