07-05-2009, 03:25 AM
Quote:David wrote:
Sorry for coming back to this Steven, but I confess I’m not entirely sure what you are saying. I understand that you are challenging Cornell’s notion of state-provided equipment, but are you also challenging Fraccaro’s theory that the centuriate organisation corresponds to the structure of the legion?
Sorry for not answering sooner but I did not realise the posting was now of two pages. Actually I am stating the opposite. Although the numbers add up to 60 centuries, the Servian army is not based on a 60-century structure. Fraccaro has been lured by a mathematical red herring. The maths in the original source has been incorrectly added up with the total of the iuniores and seniores added together. As to Cornell, going by the passage in the posting, the Romans were issuing state armed equipment in the reign of King Tarquin. I think the original postings stated Cornell believed it started with the beginning of pay in 406 BC.