11-01-2016, 10:48 AM
(11-01-2016, 10:05 AM)ValentinianVictrix Wrote: '...trecentenis militibus per singulos numeros...'
'...three hundred soldiers from each legion...'
'Three hundred soldiers from each unit' (numerus) would be a better translation, I'd say. Although, as we discussed elsewhere, 'numerus' could refer to a legion by this stage, or an auxilium!
Vexillatio referred only to cavalry units after c320.
Nathan Ross