10-13-2008, 11:05 AM
Quote:What isn't obvious is whether the detachments, when within the same province, retained any overall command structure or whether they merely came under the control of the local Dux.Both, I should think. Just as the old legions had their independent command structure, but also came under the overall authority of the provincial governor.
Quote:Surely some level of interaction remained between the disjecta membra of the old legions.Not necessarily. They effectively became separate units.
