by Aldus Marius on Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:03 pm
Ave iterum, mi Draco!!
Your ranks system goes a lot farther and deeper than I'd expected--I'm impressed! Of course, I do have my usual pocketful of suggestions...
Your average Centurion in this man's Legion would be mortified...absolutely mortified!...to find himself demoted (you heard me!!) to being a Tribune of any rank. He'll have gone from First Sergeant Topkick all the way back to the end of the line as Lieutenant Wet-ears--and does not the word "Lieutenant", at best, mean a kind of placeholder, like a bookmark, maybe? If we simply *must* subject our Centuriones to such public humiliation (who knows, maybe it builds character), could we at least let them do Laticlavus right after Angusticlavus so's they can get it over with...? >({(:-)
Then that part of the chart would look like this:
VII. Centurion (401 to 500 posts)
VIII. Tribunus Angusticlavus (501 to 600 posts)
IX. Tribunus Laticlavus (601 to 700 posts)
X. Aquilifer (701 to 800 posts)
XI. Primus Pilus (801 to 900 posts)
XII. Praefectus Castrorum (901 to 1000 posts)
XIII. Legatus (over 1000 posts)
...the Tribunates would follow the Centurionate and each other, leaving the Primus Pilus in line for Praefectus and the Praefectus in good position to spook the Legate when he really needs it. [heh heh]
I am glad to see that there is a Primus Pilus rank in there; if I had not seen it, I was going to ask you to create one just for me when I reached the appropriate participation level, like you did with "Greek Hoplite" for Hellenos. (How is he these days, anyway...? I haven't heard from him in quite a while; I didn't run him off or anything, did I?) >({(:-l
Hmm...send me a private message and I'll tell you how you might be able to help with the dog-collar problem, too! (Hint: Two words--'Latin Inscription'.)
In amicitia et fides (and ridiculously happy because he was reunited yesterday with Aelius Rusticus, one of his best friends from the Pile, who sobered up long before Mari did),
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.