11-25-2007, 06:09 PM
I'll stop here since the debate is getting into areas I'm not qualified to comment on and since I am busy with classes. Do you agree that most ancient armies had administrative units of thousands of men and that an administrative unit as large as 10,000 is not impossible, Aryaman?
For what its worth, I'm pretty sure tercios were used as a tactical formation (those pike squares with square 'sleeves' of shot you see in Renaissance art) but I'm not properly educated in warfare after 1450.
Its hard to compare a Roman legion to any modern unit, but even in Polybius' day they were more like a division (focused on one troop type [heavy infantry] with enough of other arms [equites et velites] to support it) than a corps (a small army).
For what its worth, I'm pretty sure tercios were used as a tactical formation (those pike squares with square 'sleeves' of shot you see in Renaissance art) but I'm not properly educated in warfare after 1450.
Its hard to compare a Roman legion to any modern unit, but even in Polybius' day they were more like a division (focused on one troop type [heavy infantry] with enough of other arms [equites et velites] to support it) than a corps (a small army).
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
