10-23-2019, 03:00 PM
There is a document that seems to equate a legion with 1000 soldiers.
Prudentius Psychomachia
exultat victrix legio, quam mille coactam
martyribus regina Fides animarat in hostem.
Leaps for joy the conquering host which Faith, their queen,
had assembled from a thousand martyrs and emboldened to face the foe;
https://archive.org/details/prudentiuswi...t/page/280
Prudentius seems to have studied the Great Persecution under Diocletian, so this legion might refer to that period. This process can still be seen in the Notitia Dignitatum where some legions are divided in multiple parts.
Prudentius Psychomachia
exultat victrix legio, quam mille coactam
martyribus regina Fides animarat in hostem.
Leaps for joy the conquering host which Faith, their queen,
had assembled from a thousand martyrs and emboldened to face the foe;
https://archive.org/details/prudentiuswi...t/page/280
Prudentius seems to have studied the Great Persecution under Diocletian, so this legion might refer to that period. This process can still be seen in the Notitia Dignitatum where some legions are divided in multiple parts.
