02-26-2012, 12:56 AM
Quote:Well, properly disagreeing with 'Hyginus' (having read 'him' for myself recently) is something I may well do in the end ...How very dare you! :wink:
Quote:... but was 6 x centuria strong in exceptional circumstances (re Polybius).Polybius?
Quote:I have come to believe strongly that the terms 500 and 1000 strong are misnomers ...I think we're mostly agreed on that!
Quote:... where is the primary evidence for identifying units as Quingenary or Milliary is?Besides Hyginus' explicit use of the terms, they occasionally suffix their own names with D (quingenaria) or M (milliaria) on inscriptions, or are officially designated as such on the diplomas.
