06-18-2001, 09:37 AM
Salve,<br>
<br>
While it seems in my view likely that the legion as described by Polybius may be representative of the period of the Second Punic War, I am not so sure whether the same would be true for the first. The legion of Livius, which in my opinion likely to be largely genuine than pure fabrication, on the other hand predates this war again by a considerable margin. At what point a reform, or perhaps at what points reforms, should be placed in the intervening years remains unclear to me.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
<br>
While it seems in my view likely that the legion as described by Polybius may be representative of the period of the Second Punic War, I am not so sure whether the same would be true for the first. The legion of Livius, which in my opinion likely to be largely genuine than pure fabrication, on the other hand predates this war again by a considerable margin. At what point a reform, or perhaps at what points reforms, should be placed in the intervening years remains unclear to me.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
