01-06-2013, 08:07 PM
Quote:I personally can not share the proposed solution that the centuries in a late republican-imperial legion's cohort had not a single commander and that the six centurions cooperated in managing the cohort in combat.In my view, the cohort had no existence in combat. Combat was by centuries.
Quote:... half or more than half the strength of a consular army was composed of allied cohorts with each of them having a single commander, ...I'm not sure that that's true under the Republic.
Quote:... maybe simply the centurions rotated between them commanding their cohorts: same responsabilities, same pay and rank.In my opinion, the official titles of the six centurions proves that this was not the case.