I have been reading a lot about the Roman Army and in particular that of the style of Warlord Games (et al) Early Imperial Romans.
I have been building, off and on, a Roman force that is gradually (and unintentionally) approaching a full wargame legion. It just keeps growing!
Anyway, I have a Signum for each cohort, an Aquila and Imago for the Legion, a Vexillum for a detachment so most of the Legionary ones are covered.
I have a Legion command group and want to add an "army Standard" type marker. Aquila goes with the First Cohort so what would the commander have? I have read (somewhere) that when several legions were deployed on a single operation the commander had his staff, escort, trumpeters etc and a standard that identified him and the army in purple letters. Whether or not the letters were purple is less important to me than finding out what type of standard this was.
I have my own idea that it was probably a vexillum, possibly larger than the one used to mark a detachment (Vexillation). But what might it actually have looked like?
Anyone know? Anyon got any ideas?