Feeding the Soldiers

[Robert Vermaat]

Hi Narukami,

Not meant as a correction.. :wink:

Is it possible that Vegetius was speaking of a Army TO&E for his own time period rather than that of the Republic or Principate?

Bit of both perhaps. Leaving dano-Collins aside, I doubt that Vegetius ever saw a Roman army either, he's very much the 'armchair-tactician'. :mrgreen: I can't recall if a centurio ever commanded exactly 100 men, but Vegetius does make a mistake when he invents the 'ducentenarius' (leader of 200), a mistake for the 'ducenarius'. Vegetius may have, likewise, seen the 'decanus' as a leader of a 10-men squad, which he perhaps came across in much earlier treatises.