04-03-2014, 01:37 PM
Sander van Dorst webpage “Arrian’s Array” under the title “the marching order” reads:
“Also the low number of legionary foot guards mentioned later on, some 200 rather than the approximately 400 recorded for legio II Traiana in Diocletian’s reign, may mean that the elite legionaries were marching with their own subunits rather than detached for special duty.”
The source for the 400 guards from legio II Traiana could have be taken from M.P. Speidel, The guards of the Roman army (Bonn 1978), 46 but I cannot be sure as I do not have access to this book nor could I find a readable version online. So I am wondering where the figure of 400 guardsmen came from.
Can anyone help? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
“Also the low number of legionary foot guards mentioned later on, some 200 rather than the approximately 400 recorded for legio II Traiana in Diocletian’s reign, may mean that the elite legionaries were marching with their own subunits rather than detached for special duty.”
The source for the 400 guards from legio II Traiana could have be taken from M.P. Speidel, The guards of the Roman army (Bonn 1978), 46 but I cannot be sure as I do not have access to this book nor could I find a readable version online. So I am wondering where the figure of 400 guardsmen came from.
Can anyone help? Your help would be greatly appreciated.