05-24-2017, 01:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2017, 01:27 PM by Marcel Frederik Schwarze.)
There ist also another very good conclusion of Stefan Zehetner about the inscription CIL VIII 18065, which mentions more than 6 centurions in several cohorts and just 5 centurios in coh. IX. This inscription takes a prominent part in the paper of Mr. Campbell. First of all the inscription calls the officers primi ordines et centuriones et evocatus.
(Zehetner, CIL VIII 18065 AND THE RANKING OF CENTURIONS, p.10: [quote] I think the tabularium principis was made of five optiones because there were at least five at any time. Watch cohort nine in CIL VIII 18065. There were only five names mentioned. A full cohort could consist of five to ten centuries. Six were only standard.)
And although there was surely a standardized size for new deployed troops, it might not always be possible to keep it in practice. Running through the CIL numbers of several provinces and several times-frames proves once again the high adaptability of different units and the diversity between the troops. As said, I speak about the numbers of centuriae and its officers, not about the internal system of promotions. The latter one seems quite harmonized and equal to all units.
Another point is that one must consider sometimes longer detached groups: the old vexillations. Possible that the number of detached centuriones were filled up, however, the detached centurios were still offically counted to the cohors of the parent unit. Insofar it's indeed possible to get sometimes higher numbers of them. But that's likely another topic.
(Zehetner, CIL VIII 18065 AND THE RANKING OF CENTURIONS, p.10: [quote] I think the tabularium principis was made of five optiones because there were at least five at any time. Watch cohort nine in CIL VIII 18065. There were only five names mentioned. A full cohort could consist of five to ten centuries. Six were only standard.)
And although there was surely a standardized size for new deployed troops, it might not always be possible to keep it in practice. Running through the CIL numbers of several provinces and several times-frames proves once again the high adaptability of different units and the diversity between the troops. As said, I speak about the numbers of centuriae and its officers, not about the internal system of promotions. The latter one seems quite harmonized and equal to all units.
Another point is that one must consider sometimes longer detached groups: the old vexillations. Possible that the number of detached centuriones were filled up, however, the detached centurios were still offically counted to the cohors of the parent unit. Insofar it's indeed possible to get sometimes higher numbers of them. But that's likely another topic.
