03-08-2014, 02:06 PM
Evan wrote:
If the 2 legions numbered 1200, and the 5 palatina numbered 600, 300 , 600, 300, and 300 it comes out to 4500 men.
What is the basis of how you made these deductions Evan? I’m not attacking you, I want to learn. In your breakdown you call 300 men a Numerus. I need to know why you named them so. And what are the unit names for LR army? This is my lack of knowledge coming through. I have been working on the theory today that all the prior centuries in the old legion were renamed iuniores and the posterior centuries renamed seniores. I need to find if there are inscriptions past Diocletian’s reign mentioning prior and posterior centuries so as to put this line of investigation to bed once and for all.
If the 2 legions numbered 1200, and the 5 palatina numbered 600, 300 , 600, 300, and 300 it comes out to 4500 men.
What is the basis of how you made these deductions Evan? I’m not attacking you, I want to learn. In your breakdown you call 300 men a Numerus. I need to know why you named them so. And what are the unit names for LR army? This is my lack of knowledge coming through. I have been working on the theory today that all the prior centuries in the old legion were renamed iuniores and the posterior centuries renamed seniores. I need to find if there are inscriptions past Diocletian’s reign mentioning prior and posterior centuries so as to put this line of investigation to bed once and for all.
