Talk:Roman military structure

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I have a query about the term Contruberium used here. I have seen other Web-based references that indicate it is Contubernium (search under Google for that spelling). Can anyone shed more light? I'm reluctant to edit the entry here since I'm no expert...

I saw your question and went to look it up in my latin-english dictionary. I found Contubernium, and the defintion is: a tent in which ten men and an officer are lodged. I could not find Contruberium though. I hope I have helped.

Originally 10 men, under the reforms of the Roman Army introduced by Marius, the original 10 man contubernium was reduced to 8 so that the Century formation, originally 100 could be reduced to a more manageable 80. SimonATL 14:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

unmerge[edit]

we discussed this and there is no need to have this big article in the military history of ancient Rome. We try to keep things small and readable. Better use links. Wandalstouring 22:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Needs complete re-write[edit]

This article needs a complete re-write and major expansion, it doesn't cover some periods at all and mentions others only in passing. For current hierarchy of articles on the Roman military, see Roman military's "Branches" section. This article (Roman military structure) needs (ironically) restructuring into sections of "Structure in the Roman kingdom (see Military establishment of the Roman kingdom), "Structure in the Roman Republic (see Military establishment of the Roman Republic), "Structure in the early to mid Roman Empire" (see Military establishment of the Roman empire), and "Structure int he late Roman Empire" (see Roman military history, comitatenses, limitanei, and foederati. - PocklingtonDan 12:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]