12-20-2014, 06:00 PM
Though Vegetius was writing well into the Late Empire, many of his sources, including Cato the Elder, were Mid Republic, and even pre-Polybius.
I think the general consensus reached here in RAT over the years is that Polybius' spacing (6 ft width/person and 6 ft of depth) refers to open order, while Vegetius' (3 ft width and 6 ft depth) refers to close order.
I think the general consensus reached here in RAT over the years is that Polybius' spacing (6 ft width/person and 6 ft of depth) refers to open order, while Vegetius' (3 ft width and 6 ft depth) refers to close order.
