04-03-2008, 03:55 PM
Quote:Vegetius has spoken,
Vegetius:160sift5 Wrote:Haec enim suscipit aquilam, quod praecipuum signum in Romano est semper exercitu et totius legionis insigne; haec imagines imperatorum, hoc est diuina et praesentia signa, ueneratur; habet pedites mille centum quinque, equites loricatos CXXXII, et appellatur cohors miliaria; haec caput est legionis, ab hac, cum pugnandum est, prima acies incipit ordinari.
So, Cohors miliaria, the first cohort in the legion, has 1105 soldiers.
This is a mistake by Vegetius as far as I see. he is describing a cohors miliaria equitata here which is an auxiliary formation.
Quote:Vegetius:160sift5 Wrote:Secunda cohors habet pedites DLV, equites LXVI, et appellatur cohors quingenaria.
The other cohortes have 555 soldiers.
this again is a cohors quingenaria equitata and not a legionary cohort.
Quote:Quote:His decem cohortibus legio plena fundatur, quae habet pedites sex milia centum, equites DCCXXX.
The legion has 6100 soldiers.
So cohors miliaria has 1105 / 6 = 184 soldiers in one centurium, and the other centuria have 555/6 = 92 soldiers I think. In principe, by casualties it can be various of course.
and here he mixes it all imho
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