08-13-2014, 01:11 PM
Quote:Is this the source you've sometimes mentioned for the late century being composed of 80 men? Or is there something else? It does sound a bit circular if so.Seems to be, unfortunately. Unless there is another who actually knows the number of that regiment in Elephantine. Or we should know the number of troops commander by a centurio / ordinarius, but as that was the original debate here, I fear these papyri give us no new answers as to the numbers. So I may have to change my article, or trust Treadgold to have had more sources for that claim that he shows in his notes!
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
