04-27-2014, 02:56 AM
I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to those who participated in this thread. For me personally it has been extremely rewarding. Much of the information provided by Nathan, Evan and many others plus the translations of Adrian, Macedon and Renatus opened the way for me to understand and determine the size and organisation of the Late Roman legion and also the Roman cavalry. The empirical data in the primary sources match with my research with the expansion of the Servian system for this time frame and also the Pythagorean system designed for 1200 years, which ends around when Stilicho burns the Sibylline books.
The Servian system by 405 AD has come full circle. This has resulted in the legion being of the same size as the legion during the introduction of the Servian constitution. The difference is the manpower of the tribes by the reign of Diocletian is 21 times greater; resulting in the number of legions that can be raised by Diocletian is 35 times greater than it was when Rome became a republic. Both numbers (21 and 35) still accord with the hebdomad system (divisions of seven), that are an important and an integral part of Pythagorean doctrine.
After covering the Roman army from the introduction of the Servian constitution to the sack of Rome, I can prove without doubt that the both the Roman social and military systems strictly adhere to Pythagorean doctrines, and that the legions are increased in size in accordance with the time frame of the Pythagorean saeculum.
The Servian system by 405 AD has come full circle. This has resulted in the legion being of the same size as the legion during the introduction of the Servian constitution. The difference is the manpower of the tribes by the reign of Diocletian is 21 times greater; resulting in the number of legions that can be raised by Diocletian is 35 times greater than it was when Rome became a republic. Both numbers (21 and 35) still accord with the hebdomad system (divisions of seven), that are an important and an integral part of Pythagorean doctrine.
After covering the Roman army from the introduction of the Servian constitution to the sack of Rome, I can prove without doubt that the both the Roman social and military systems strictly adhere to Pythagorean doctrines, and that the legions are increased in size in accordance with the time frame of the Pythagorean saeculum.
