Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios
And on top of that: y'all have been misreading what he wrote. "See the bold part --- Right let's try this again:" what do you think he meant by that?

And what do you think he meant by the bold part which reads:


Okay, I added the extra emphasis... hope you can read it now...
Well, I know some think Wikipedia is a poor source; but the article I linked above is still backed by some decent sources, and it quite plainly says the Marian reforms introduced a professional army, where the soldiers were trained year round. Now, how extensive that training was could be questioned; but the same could be said of Hellenic forces.