08-17-2016, 06:56 PM
(08-17-2016, 06:38 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: it is like the Strategikon - i.e. the system was already transforming into Bandons
Hey, good thinking! I hadn't considered the Strategikon, mainly as I've never read it and know little about it, but it's at least as relevant to the period as Vegetius (more so, perhaps) - could you explain the 'bandon' system briefly?
(08-17-2016, 06:38 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: we're looking at actual strength, not paper strength.
I would say this text more or less defines 'paper strength' (or carved-in-stone strength)! It's showing what the legion is supposed to look like with everyone present, isn't it? There wouldn't be much point in inscribing a temporary situation or depleted numbers on an imperial monument, surely?
Nathan Ross
