03-09-2014, 10:59 AM
Quote:then it would perhaps be better to assume no change.
But if there are changes occuring on the surface (rank titles, fort layout, perhaps unit size) then would this not suggest that there are deeper changes too, at an organisational level? As I say, there is no certain evidence either way, but it seems wise to at least admit the strong possibility of change.
Quote:For pretty much a 1000 years+ the general nature of arms and armour didn't change - so why would the structures?
But they do change. We see a strong shift in Roman arms and equipment from the late third into the fourth centuries. This is combined with a distinctly smaller fortress size, and what must surely be a smaller sized 'legion' (or whatever later writers are referring to as a 'legion'!)
Why, then, should we assume that the internal structures remained the same?
Nathan Ross