Talk:Military establishment of the Roman Empire

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This article needs to touch on the reforms following the Crisis of the Third Century.

--Masamax 06:31, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can this article be split?

Can this article be split into:

Military establishment of the early to mid Roman empire and
Military establishment of the late Roman empire ?

The two are as different as the Imperial army is different from the Republican army and this article really could be re-named as "Military establishment of the early to mid Roman empire". An article concentrating on the reforms leading to the employment of the [foederati]] etc is really needed in this framework - there are articles on the military establishment of the kings, republic and empire - I just feel militar establishment of the early empire is different enough from the later empire to deserve a different article. Thoughts???? - PocklingtonDan 17:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

See Roman_military#Branches_and_Structural_overview for hierarchy. - PocklingtonDan 17:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)