12-12-2009, 10:34 AM
Quote:Perhaps you just expressed yourself poorly, then? You seemed to claim that there was no basis for the enlarged first cohort. I was demonstrating to you that such a claim would be incorrect. So exactly what point were you making? :?D B Campbell:ik7qq7pn Wrote:Hyginus is refering to other legion organisation.antiochus:ik7qq7pn Wrote:Putting Milner aside, there is no double strength first cohort. ... The supposed evidence for the double cohort is Vegetius, ...Incorrect. Hyginus, De munit. castr. 3: Cohors prima ..., et quoniam duplum numerum habet, duplam pedaturam accipiet, ... ("The first cohort, because it has double strength, will receive a double area" sc. in the camp).