01-28-2014, 06:57 PM
Quote:Then comes the quadrata which which Milner translates into a simple square formation - the old agmen quadrata - for marching and protecting the baggage-train.
Maybe You are right, the acies quadrata is the agmen quadratum...but from wath I know while the word "agmen" defines a marching army, "acies" means a deplyoied army...
Indeed I'm pretty sure that cuneus wasn't made by two converging columns, but i think it had a square shape (in spite of the name)
Anyway, this is just an hypthesis, but you make me reflect...
Francesco Guidi