05-31-2019, 12:23 AM
(05-21-2019, 10:31 AM)Nathan Ross Wrote:(05-19-2019, 03:13 AM)Steven James Wrote: Evan wrote:
I just plugged in the traditional 5120 men for fun and the Gallic army was ~142,000 men strong, lol.
Evan, what is the traditional 5120 men are you referring to? Is this the size of a legion?
I would guess the usual 6 x 80-man centuries = 480 men per cohort x 9 = 4320 + (one cohort of five double centuries of 160 men each = 800 men) = 5120.
I'm not sure what the rest means though! Is this based on the Notitia Dignitatum?
Wouldn't it be 81 man centuries, since the centurion's supernumerary? According to Ross Cowan, double strength first cohorts, probably not as common, no longer existed in the late period.
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