11-23-2015, 09:56 AM
(11-21-2015, 07:05 PM)Frank Wrote: I wonder why the romans had buildt permanent legionary camps which could hold a full legion or even two, if they afterwards distributed a huge amount of legionaries all over the province.
They didn't.
Sure, on campaign legions could be housed in very large, (non-permanent) multi-legion camps. But when the war was over, legionary troops were usually garissoned in a single castra close to the border. The auxilia were spread usually spread out along the border, not all over the province either.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)