01-18-2013, 05:15 AM
Quote:The Goths of Theodoric alone could field around 20,000 men (estimated), which is larger than the Gallic Field Army of that time.
A Gallic field army under Roman occupation? If you mean in Caesar's time? You looking at roughly over 50,000 and higher numbers that Vercingetorix deployed in a field at one time ranging roughly over 90,000.
And correction, Theodoric's army consisted of 30,000.
Franks maybe, but they also consisted of Burgundians and Alans and Saxons to the north of Roman Gaul.
Quote:That's enough money for 40,000 infantry or 18,000 Cavalry per Annum.
That's exactly the estimation of Flavius Aetius's army against Attila.