06-19-2017, 03:04 PM
Nathan wrote:
So with 259 munifices the infantry ordo would number 105 men and the legion total 1372. And so on.
Armenian Passion of St. Callistratus (BHO 185) 13: page 334, But when we saw the light which shot forth over the heads of the saints, and heard the blissful voice along with the earthquake and the breaking of the idols, we believed, - we, the soldiers, 105 of us.
It is unfortunate that you do not recognise the martyrdom stories as having any authenticity. This means the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater.
Nathan wrote:
Plenty of speculation there, of course - and the relative strengths of infantry and cavalry ordines would change depending on where we put the Augustales and Flaviales - but it does appear to make sense of the jumble of numbers!
That is debatable.
So with 259 munifices the infantry ordo would number 105 men and the legion total 1372. And so on.
Armenian Passion of St. Callistratus (BHO 185) 13: page 334, But when we saw the light which shot forth over the heads of the saints, and heard the blissful voice along with the earthquake and the breaking of the idols, we believed, - we, the soldiers, 105 of us.
It is unfortunate that you do not recognise the martyrdom stories as having any authenticity. This means the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater.
Nathan wrote:
Plenty of speculation there, of course - and the relative strengths of infantry and cavalry ordines would change depending on where we put the Augustales and Flaviales - but it does appear to make sense of the jumble of numbers!
That is debatable.
