11-01-2016, 11:04 AM
(11-01-2016, 10:57 AM)FlavivsĀ Aetivs Wrote: the Numerus consistently refers to a unit of about 600 men
Although the Perge legion is described as a numerus on the inscription, and must have numbered at least twice that...
I would prefer to think that numerus was an intentionally non-specific term used for later army units of varying sizes. Although clearly there must have been more than 300 men in each of the numeri mentioned by Ammianus...
Nathan Ross