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Contubernium, centuria and manipulus
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A few years ago, I offered a breakdown of Vegetius' numbers for the legion:

https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showth...#pid311753

A few posts later in the same thread, I did the same for Hyginus:

https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showth...#pid311836

In both cases, I took  the decanus to be additional to the 100 or 80 men in the contubernium and the figures worked out quite nicely.
Michael King Macdona

And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
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Contubernium, centuria and manipulus - by Cesco - 01-07-2019, 02:36 PM
RE: Contubernium, centuria and manipulus - by Renatus - 01-07-2019, 10:33 PM

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