Note 10 — LECTURE II. The Roman and the Teuton. Comparison of the Political and Social Condition of the Empire and its German Neighbours.
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The Computation proceeds in this way. The Notitia enumerates 132 ‘Legions’ of foot soldiers and 109 other bodies of infantry, ‘Numeri,’ ‘Auxilia,’ and so forth, whose precise strength we cannot ascertain: also 91 ‘Vexillationes,’ ‘Alae,’ &c., of cavalry.
Taking the 132 Legions at 6100 men we get 805,200
Taking the 109 Numeri, &c. at 1000 we get 109,000
Taking the 91 Vexillationes at 600 (the full number of a Vexillatio) we get 54,600
968,800