Zodiac and Late Roman Army Organisation

[D B Campbell]

It was Mommsen who first noticed that old style legions were probably broken up into 6 detachments of a 1000, each of these commanded by one of the 6 tribunes of the old unit.

I don't believe that Mommsen ever said that, so I would be overjoyed if you could find the reference demonstrating that he actually did. mile:

try to find Nicasie, who wrote a phd about this subject, and is crammed with references. That how I use his book anyway:
Nicasie, Martijn (1997): Twilight of Empire, the Roman Army from the Reign of Diocletian until the Battle of Adrianople, (Thesis Publishers Amsterdam).

I find Nicasie's book to be frustratingly unreliable. Not at all the silver bullet that many presume it to be.

I tried to cut through some of the factoids in a recent issue of Ancient Warfare magazine, but space was at a premium, so I don't know if the attempt was in any way successful.