01-29-2012, 12:15 AM
So the general concensus is that Fulginius was the senior of the two Hastatus Centurions in the 1st cohort of the 14th Legion but deciding whether that meant 3rd most senior versus 5th is still debatable, correct?
What are the feelings that maniples still existed as an administrative unit whereby the two centuries of the pili, principes, and hastati were each effectively autonomous within a cohort with the senior centurion of each maniple commanding the whole with the other centurion assisting him? Similar to the Polybian description except one more command structure (the cohort) was added to make recruitment, detailing subunits, transmitting orders in battle, etc. easier.
What are the feelings that maniples still existed as an administrative unit whereby the two centuries of the pili, principes, and hastati were each effectively autonomous within a cohort with the senior centurion of each maniple commanding the whole with the other centurion assisting him? Similar to the Polybian description except one more command structure (the cohort) was added to make recruitment, detailing subunits, transmitting orders in battle, etc. easier.
