In Medieval armies the vanguard is almost universally 1/3 of the total force.
This is based on Imrahil's comment at the last debate that the size of the force they were sending against Mordor (seven thousand) was scarcely the size of the vanguard of the army in the days of its strength. It also states that doubtless many more than 12,000 could be mustered so that Theoden would not leave his strongholds undefended even if he did ride with the full muster to Gondor.Īrmy of Gondor. This was the easiest because UT states plainly that the full muster of Rohan was 100 eoreds each not less than 120 riders. My sources are the LOTR trilogy, the Hobbit and Unfinished Tales.Īrmy of Rohan. I would like to run my conclusions past the readers and participants of the forum to see if anyone has any additional information to add or suggestions to make. It has long been an interest of mine to determine the approximate size of the armies of Middle Earth aournd the time of the War of the Ring.
