09-18-2014, 08:17 AM
Just thought of something.
i've read here and there that the antesignani were the 1st century BC version of the velites. Assuming that's true, I can't help to notice that Caesar reported sending the antesignani of the 14th Legion to seize a hill, and then latter reported the death of a centurio from the 1st Cohors of that Legion ( Primus hastatus prior or posterior ?).
Not sure what to make of that one.
i've read here and there that the antesignani were the 1st century BC version of the velites. Assuming that's true, I can't help to notice that Caesar reported sending the antesignani of the 14th Legion to seize a hill, and then latter reported the death of a centurio from the 1st Cohors of that Legion ( Primus hastatus prior or posterior ?).
Not sure what to make of that one.
Quote:What about when they teamed up with cavalry?That's a good question that needs answering imho.
Timothee.
