03-20-2014, 12:30 PM
Quote:Macedon wrote:
In 6 arithmoi, about 4,000 soldiers sailed to Ravenna at night from the east.
If you were a woman Macedon I would marry you. If your translation of “about 4000” is correct, then it must mean 3600 men.
Well... I cannot know whether he means 3,600 but the "about" is there all right ("amphi").
I have to point out here, as a general remark, that in Greek numbering, 4,000 cannot easily be mistaken for 40,000 and vice versa as 4 is δ and 40 is μ. We nowadays tend to think that someone might have misplaced a 0 or something but with ancient Greek it is not the same.