01-11-2020, 06:43 PM
(01-11-2020, 04:04 PM)halstein Wrote: depths between 4 and 16
Yes, I recall some of the calculations of the 'Perge Legion' were about trying to find patterns of 8 and 16 in the numerical systems - you can see them if you fancy wading through the very long Late Roman Army Grade/Rank List under Anastasius thread.
(01-11-2020, 04:04 PM)halstein Wrote: 116 men can be arranged as 4*29, and if not all are in the line of battle 10*11+6 or 11*10+6.
Aha, yes - I see now that my calculation for the Perge Legion was a core subunit of 110 men (following Vegetius's note (II.14) that a centurion commanded '110 men under one ensign') - and it's the additional men not in the ranks that bring the number up to 116. You can see something of the way I tried to work this out in the second part of this post.
You can also see in that post my proposed layout for a subunit of 116 (110 men arrayed 10x11, plus 6 'others'). The files break down as 8 standard infantrymen, 2 Flaviales and 1 Augustale each, making up a Vegetian 10-man 'contubernium' with the Augustale as 'decanus'.
Nathan Ross