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Maniples? How long did they exist
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05-24-2013, 04:01 PM
Quote:Are you claiming a maniple is a contubernium? Or are you claiming a contubernium “retained it meaning as mess/tentmates”?

He's claiming that during the late antiquity ( see Vegetius, for instance ) the word maniple was a synonym of contubernium, but we don' t know if this involve the (real) maniple disappeared, repleced by the numerus...
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Maniples? How long did they exist - by Francesco - 05-18-2013, 06:34 PM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by antiochus - 05-24-2013, 11:23 AM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by antiochus - 05-24-2013, 12:19 PM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by Macedon - 05-24-2013, 01:44 PM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by antiochus - 05-24-2013, 01:57 PM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by Francesco - 05-24-2013, 04:01 PM
Maniples? How long did they exist - by antiochus - 05-30-2013, 08:34 AM

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