04-27-2017, 03:58 PM
Arrian Tactica:
αἱ δὲ δύο ταραντιναρχίαι ἱππαρχία, δώδεκα καὶ πεντακοσίων ἱππέων, ἥντινα Ῥωμαῖοι εἴλην καλοῦσιν.
Two double ilai made a Tarantinarchia of 256 horsemen, and two Tarantinarchiai a hipparchia of 512 horsemen, which the Romans call an ile.
"The two Tarentinarchiai make a hipparchia, being 512 horsemen, which the Romans call an ala."’
So which is it: ala or ile?
Does the greek text not say: ‘eilen’? And is this translated as an ala?
It seems that the Perseus website equates eilen with ile:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morp...27#lexicon
It seems that an ile is also a troop of 64 cavalrymen, but it also seems that Macedonian Armies had ile of greater unit size.
So the question is, what is the unit size of a Roman ile?
αἱ δὲ δύο ταραντιναρχίαι ἱππαρχία, δώδεκα καὶ πεντακοσίων ἱππέων, ἥντινα Ῥωμαῖοι εἴλην καλοῦσιν.
Two double ilai made a Tarantinarchia of 256 horsemen, and two Tarantinarchiai a hipparchia of 512 horsemen, which the Romans call an ile.
"The two Tarentinarchiai make a hipparchia, being 512 horsemen, which the Romans call an ala."’
So which is it: ala or ile?
Does the greek text not say: ‘eilen’? And is this translated as an ala?
It seems that the Perseus website equates eilen with ile:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morp...27#lexicon
It seems that an ile is also a troop of 64 cavalrymen, but it also seems that Macedonian Armies had ile of greater unit size.
So the question is, what is the unit size of a Roman ile?
