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Im englischen Wikipedia-Artikel (Duumviri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) bin ich auf zwei Livius-Zitate gestoßen, die ebenfalls 20 Schiffe als Flotte andeuten:
Liv. 40,18:
The assembly for the election of consuls was held, and Publius Cornelius Cethegus and Marcus Baebius Tamphilus were chosen. [2] The praetors were afterwards elected, Quintus Fabius Maximus, Quintus Fabius Buteo, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Quintus Petillius Spurinus, Marcus Pinarius Posca, and Lucius Duronius. [3] When the magistrates entered into office, the provinces fell to these by lot in the following order: to the consuls, Liguria; to the praetors, Quintus Petillius, the city, and Quintus Fabius Maximus, the foreign jurisdiction; to Quintus Fabius Buteo, Gaul; to Tiberius Claudius Nero, Sicily; to Marcus Pinarius, Sardinia; [4] and to Lucius Duronius, Apulia, to which was annexed Istria also, because information was received at Tarentum and Brundusium, that the lands bordering on the sea were infested by robberies committed by foreign piratical ships. The Massilians made the same complaint, with regard to the ships of the Ligurians. [5] The armies were then voted, to the consuls four Roman legions (each consisting of five thousand two hundred foot and three hundred horse); and fifteen thousand foot and [p. 1875]eight hundred horse of the allies and Latins. [6] In the Spains, the old praetors were continued in command, with the armies which they then had; and as an augmentation, there were voted for them, three thousand Roman citizens with two hundred horse, and six thousand foot and three hundred horse of the Latin confederates. Nor was the business of the fleet neglected. [7] The consuls were ordered to constitute duumvirs for conducting that department; by whom, twenty ships which they had launched were to be manned with Roman citizens who had been in servitude; with this proviso only, that free-born officers should command them. [8] The duty of guarding the coast was so arranged between the duumvirs, each of whom had the command of ten ships, that the promontory of Minerva formed the point of division between them': one was to defend the part on the right, as far as Marseilles; the other, that on the left, extending to the town of Barium.
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 40, chapter 18
Liv. 41,1:
When the consul held a council on the subject of a war with Istria, some were of opinion that it ought to be begun immediately, before the enemy could collect forces; others, that the senate ought first to be consulted; the opinion was adopted which opposed delay. Accordingly the consul, marching from Aquileia, pitched his camp at the lake Timavus, which lies very near the sea. Thither came Caius Furius, one of the naval commanders, with ten ships; for two naval commanders had been appointed against the fleet of the Illyrians, and these commanders, with twenty ships for the protection of the coast of the Hadriatic, were to make Ancona, as it were, the pivot of their position; so that Lucius Cornelius had to guard the coasts on the right, extending from the latter place to Tarentum; and Caius Furius those on the left, as far as Aquileia. This squadron was sent to the nearest port in the Istrian territory, with a number of transports and a large store of provisions; while the consul, following with the [p. 1921]legions, encamped at the distance of about five miles from the [8??] coast.
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 41, chapter 1
Es wird hier immer von 10 bzw. 20 Schiffen gesprochen, dies ist demnach ein mögliches Indiz dafür, dass es von Anfang an 20 Schiffe waren. Möglich ist natürlich auch, dass Livius die Zahlen mangels Alternativen eingebaut hat, ich schau mich mal um ob ich in einer weiteren Quelle etwas dazu finde.
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