11-10-2016, 03:40 AM
Quote:Is there any support in 5th-6th C sources for this 'doubling' of units?
No, unless there is a papyrus or tombstone I am unaware of. The period from 410-490 is effectively a dark age for Roman military inscriptions, artefacts, Roman literature, Roman art... pretty much everything.
One could make a slight argument though for this in Claudian's description of the units deployed for the Gildonic war in Africa.
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