01-29-2013, 12:29 PM
Quote:I assume that you are thinking of Livy 4.38.1-3 and 4.39.1.Thanks for posting the Latin there - it makes it far clearer than the English translation does exactly what was happening, i.e. that a cavalry turma underwent a transition into an infantry cohort. I think that 'cohort' is used here to refer to a specific style of fighting, presumably carried out by a dismounted group much larger than a single century.