07-23-2008, 07:32 PM
Well, you can split hairs about which tenth, but I believe Caesar only had one Tenth, which had an equitatus nickname, and more than likely was the same tenth which became the Gemina......?
seem to have lost my text here again, so retyping a truncated response will have to suffice.
I certainly agree tha tyou shouldn't base your conclusions solely on the works of Dando, although he does open many avenues of thought....
Who else besides Caesar wrote anything of accuracy about the legions involved in his campaign? Livy?
I am afraid I cannot read Latin, and have only read the translations of modern historian/translators, so have to base my interpretations of things on these texts, rather than originals, and the works of other modern scholars.
seem to have lost my text here again, so retyping a truncated response will have to suffice.
I certainly agree tha tyou shouldn't base your conclusions solely on the works of Dando, although he does open many avenues of thought....
Who else besides Caesar wrote anything of accuracy about the legions involved in his campaign? Livy?
I am afraid I cannot read Latin, and have only read the translations of modern historian/translators, so have to base my interpretations of things on these texts, rather than originals, and the works of other modern scholars.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
