How far could the legions travel in a day

[Nathan Ross]

There used to be a very good website by Gary Brueggeman (I think) which analysed all aspects of Roman military organisation - one of the most interesting parts was a breakdown of the amount of time it would take a marching column to break camp, march to the next camp site and construct the new camp - as I recall (the site having sadly vanished), the distance between camps was probably regulated by the length of the column, as the new camp had to be marked out and partially fortified before the previous camp had been fully evacuated and destroyed. I don't know if anyone saved Mr Brueggeman's reconstructions, or remembers what the distances he specified might have been?

- Nathan