01-08-2013, 11:39 PM
Polybius mentions larger alae sociorum in his account of the Telamon campaign.
Also, removing 1/5 of the infantry only works with the camp layout if it means removing one line - like half the hastati, half the principes, or all the triarii - not if it means removing two centuries from each line. Also, if it were removing two centuries and two turmae from each line, that would only be 1/5 of the cavalry. If it is removing one line of infantry and one line of cavalry, that matches the proportion of 1/5 of the infantry and 1/3 of the cavalry.
I think the easiest line to remove is the triarii, hence my suggestion that the infantry of the extraordinarii were equivalent to the triarii.
Also, removing 1/5 of the infantry only works with the camp layout if it means removing one line - like half the hastati, half the principes, or all the triarii - not if it means removing two centuries from each line. Also, if it were removing two centuries and two turmae from each line, that would only be 1/5 of the cavalry. If it is removing one line of infantry and one line of cavalry, that matches the proportion of 1/5 of the infantry and 1/3 of the cavalry.
I think the easiest line to remove is the triarii, hence my suggestion that the infantry of the extraordinarii were equivalent to the triarii.