01-08-2013, 08:40 PM
Thank you for the several detailed answers, brothers. Much more than I'd ever expected.
Perhaps to narrow the question's scope a little, what I should have asked is who/what officer would be in command of an infantry cohort (legionary) during the early to mid 1st Century AD. I see now that the original question was needlessly too vague. Of course in pre-Marian times, that question would be meaningless, as cohorts and centuries as we generally know them today were post-Marian. Sorry for the confusion.
:?: Would a safe, simple answer for a questioner at a public event be, "Usually, a tribune, but there were sometimes others put in charge for the short or long term, as deemed fitting to the generals and/or legatus legionis"?
Perhaps to narrow the question's scope a little, what I should have asked is who/what officer would be in command of an infantry cohort (legionary) during the early to mid 1st Century AD. I see now that the original question was needlessly too vague. Of course in pre-Marian times, that question would be meaningless, as cohorts and centuries as we generally know them today were post-Marian. Sorry for the confusion.
:?: Would a safe, simple answer for a questioner at a public event be, "Usually, a tribune, but there were sometimes others put in charge for the short or long term, as deemed fitting to the generals and/or legatus legionis"?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.