05-29-2017, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2017, 03:22 PM by Steven James.)
Michael wrote:
You have been misled by De Voto's translation. If you look across the page to the Latin, you will see that Hyginus allocates 5 feet for weapons and 9 feet for pack animals.
What I wanted to bring up was space for the pack animals was mentioned by Hyginus.
Michael wrote:
Is this a personal belief or is there evidence for it?
I should have written “IF there at two veterans, and not IS there two veterans. Yes it is my personal belief, but not without foundation.
Michael wrote:
Hyginus seems to be quite clear that the evocati are placed with the primipilares and the praetorian cohorts and that the extra space in the centurial lines is for the centurion alone.
Hyginus does not say how many. Plus CIL VIII 18065 and 2 others I have found show veterans attached to a specific legion.
Conclusion is a double first cohort only existed as a camp billeting arrangement.
You have been misled by De Voto's translation. If you look across the page to the Latin, you will see that Hyginus allocates 5 feet for weapons and 9 feet for pack animals.
What I wanted to bring up was space for the pack animals was mentioned by Hyginus.
Michael wrote:
Is this a personal belief or is there evidence for it?
I should have written “IF there at two veterans, and not IS there two veterans. Yes it is my personal belief, but not without foundation.
Michael wrote:
Hyginus seems to be quite clear that the evocati are placed with the primipilares and the praetorian cohorts and that the extra space in the centurial lines is for the centurion alone.
Hyginus does not say how many. Plus CIL VIII 18065 and 2 others I have found show veterans attached to a specific legion.
Conclusion is a double first cohort only existed as a camp billeting arrangement.
