Zodiac and Late Roman Army Organisation

[D B Campbell]

Did Mommsen propose it as a general rule? I haven't read his actual words, I only know that he was the first to propose that this was perhaps how the classsical large legion could have been broken down into smaller units.

I quoted his words in translation. (I don't know about you, but I find his style of German very difficult to read -- probably my Anglophone upbringing.) The point is that his idea has found its way into the mainstream, to such an extent that Steven (in this thread) imagines that the 1,200-man legion is as good as an established fact.

Anyhow, if you subscribe to Ancient Warfare magazine, you can read my take on the topic there. We probably shouldn't divert attention from Steven's zodiac-based thread any further.