Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of ancient warfare answers with me Murray,

your 10-minute weekly break from life to hear me rant and rave about something ancient warfare related.

Generally, I tend to answer a question from a commenter or a viewer or a listener, and that's

the case today.

I've got to answer a question from Keith Selk, Keith Selik, who's answering, asking me a question.

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Now, Keith's question, hi, question for murray which is slightly off

podcast topic but in line with the magazine's recent coverage of the roman army on campaign who or what

made the decisions about where roman army units were based or moved around the empire i am presuming

it if it was of exhalation from hadrian's wall to York, it would be a local

commanders' decision, but what if it was a cohort sent from York to Gaul between adjacent

provinces?

Was that worked out by the military staff of the respective governors?

And then what about legions moving from, say, Gould to Syria for reasons of civil engineering

projects?

Was there any – was there a general staff in Rome made up of ex-field generals,

gnarly old centurions and civil servants, or was it down to the Empress Senate, depending

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