03-19-2014, 01:11 PM
"ἓξ τάγματα στρατιωτῶν προσωρμίσθησαν, πάλαι μὲν ἔτι περιόντος Στελίχωνος προσδοκώμενα, τότε δὲ πρὸς συμμαχίαν ἐκ τῆς ἑῴας παραγενόμενα, μυριάδων ἀριθμὸν ὄντα τεσσάρων." 6.8.2
Six tagmata of soldiers sailed in....... from the east they came, being four myriads in number"
Absurd or not (I guess this is another issue), this is what the text reads unless there is another manuscript writing "chiliades" instead of "myriades".
Six tagmata of soldiers sailed in....... from the east they came, being four myriads in number"
Absurd or not (I guess this is another issue), this is what the text reads unless there is another manuscript writing "chiliades" instead of "myriades".