03-07-2010, 02:51 PM
From what I've read, Augustus didn't trust the X Equestris because of their part in the rebellion with J. Caesar. He had formed a Tenth of his own for the wars against Antony (in which the LXEq had sided against him and with Antony), Owing to a naval/marine battle at the straits of Sicily/Southern Italy, he called them Leg X Fretensis, and renamed the other Tenth "Gemina".
What about a detailed story of the huge undertaking in the siege of Alesia and/or Numantia, told from the viewpoint of one of the soldiers in the mud with shovel and basket, twisting ropes and felling trees for fortification towers, etc. We usually see very superficial descriptions of those things. You could perhaps include friendships, rivalries, and strife between men in the unit. All we seem to see for the most part is a general unit bond, and all for one attitude. It's hard to imagine that there weren't people that one soldier or other just didn't like to be around, for any of a hundred reasons, and how that played into the battle sequence, along with the day to day drudge of digging yet another trench or field of lillies....
What about a detailed story of the huge undertaking in the siege of Alesia and/or Numantia, told from the viewpoint of one of the soldiers in the mud with shovel and basket, twisting ropes and felling trees for fortification towers, etc. We usually see very superficial descriptions of those things. You could perhaps include friendships, rivalries, and strife between men in the unit. All we seem to see for the most part is a general unit bond, and all for one attitude. It's hard to imagine that there weren't people that one soldier or other just didn't like to be around, for any of a hundred reasons, and how that played into the battle sequence, along with the day to day drudge of digging yet another trench or field of lillies....
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
