03-23-2014, 10:01 AM
Quote:"προσκουλκάτορας προσέταξεν ἄνδρας γενναίους ἐκ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν λαγκιαρίων καὶ ματτιαρίων χιλίους πεντακοσίους"Elizabeth Jeffreys et al. translate this as, "He . . . ordered the advance scouts to go ahead of them, 1500 valiant men from the numerus of the Lanciarii and Mattiarii."
"He set as scouts brave men from the arithmos of the lanciarii and the mattiarii 1,500"
13.21
The interesting thing about this is that arithmos and numerus are singulars. Does this mean that the Lanciarii and the Mattiarii had been combined into a single unit for this campaign?
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)