The size of the Garlean Empire's military

[lord_naarghul]

The Garlean Empire is said to have quite the impressive military force. But just how big is it in term of manpower?

The Final Fantasy wiki gives some idea of it's size, but it's a wiki, and its valdity is in question. The wiki lists it this way:

14 Legions

1 Legion = 10 Cohors

1 Cohor = 3 Manipulae

1 Manipulae = 2 Centuries

If this is true, then the size of the army is dependent on how big a "century" actually is. In real-life Roman military terms, a century could consist of anywhere between 100-1000 soldiers. Assuming the usual definition, you get 100x2 = 200 as one manipulus. 200x3 = 600 as one cohor. 600x10 = 6000 as one legion.

Ultimately, this means that Garlemald's military force is 84000 total. that's...really, really small. In today's terms, that's at most 4-8 divisions. By real life comparison, the initial force that Germany attacked with in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII was about 13 divisions with 200,000 soldiers, and that was with a severely depleted military.

Given what I've seen, I find this hard to believe, even given the Empire's technology advantage. Watching some cinematic scenes (Like End of an Era) I suspect that the Garlean Empire's manpower is considerably greater, especially given the disposable nature the tribunes seem to think of the legionnaires.

It's not made clear just how large of a military the Garleans have.

This is important for me as I'm writing a fanfiction in which the Empire invades another country, and the smaller legion wouldn't have a hope in hell of winning that fight because of numbers.