01-18-2013, 07:18 PM
Quote:If we summarize, we seem to agree there is no clear mention of a cohort commander. The cohort, consisting of 6 centuries, two centuries made a manipel, was the logistical unit used to form the legion, which consisted of 10 cohorts.
A vexillatio is a detached unit assigned a specific task or tasks, it is also not of any given size, the size depending on the task it had.
However, the cohort is also used as a unit maning a castellum. In this case, the cohort would have been supervised by the castellum commander, which we believe to be a legate or prefect. The six centurion would be in charge of their assigned body of men and would make up the cohort staff, along with an administrator.
If we are to summarize a topic that lacks substantial credible evidence in referring to the correct structure of the Roman military, I think it's only fair to lay a foundation of an acceptance in coalition with reputable authors and historians that are astute in any curriculum involving the glorious and unstoppable Roman war machine that civilized the world, who... share a general consensus with a opinion base that states in acceptance the hierarchical sub-structure. Because what this does it sort of nullifies the thirst for fact and in retrospect answers the questions.
As we see progression of time, we see a great shift, a evolution which is a dark elixir of time warp that diminishes history, actual recordings, and the fact we must all take into careful and significant consideration is that over 70% of Roman literature was destroyed in the early birth and decedents of the dark ages. A period where knowledge was the object of mockery and dark sourcery that was burned in the name of Christianity and by primitives who simply hated Rome. It's that hate that served as a dark catalyst which drove the engines of the barbaric knowledge destroyer as civilization was a thing perceived by the dark age primitives as something evil and perverted.
@Burzum Perhaps as a newcomer to this forum, it would be in order to leave the moderation of debates to the moderators. If a thread is in your view taking a wrong turn, report the offending post to the moderators using the button at the lower right of the post.
Being a newcomer that shows and expresses true vigilance on a civilized Roman forum is not a demarcation of membership. By having the capacity and freedom of speech in able to voice an opinion to infact moderate a certain increment of debate, is actually non complicit.
But thanks for a friendly gesture of good faith. :wink: