03-05-2014, 04:45 PM
Quote:I was hoping the Perge Fragment information would have been published by now so that I could used them as a reference in my book but too late now.
I know Fatih Onur has given various talks and lectures on the fragments but I do not believe the full translation has been published yet. Unless Francis knows any different as he was the person who alerted me to their existance.
I have argued that the size of the Late Roman field army legions were approximately 2000 men strong, and 2400 would not sound out of place either.
I'm not sure where the 1200 man Late Roman legion figure comes from, Coello does warn against taking his work as an exact guide to establishing the size of Late Roman infantry and cavalry units.
The 1200 man Legion comes from Earlier in this thread in reference to the Illyrian Legion; the 800 number from Ammianus where he records 5 legions numbering 4000 men. The 1000 number from... somewhere I can't remember, maybe Zozimus.
On the Bright Side, I learned the Roman word for Hunnic Foederati was Unnigardae (Lit: Unnic Guard) from Coello's work
Hopefully the Perge Tablets will be published in time for my work on the Battle of Chalons. I have to cover the Roman army (still...) and it would be amazing.
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