02-20-2017, 01:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2017, 11:46 PM by Nathan Ross.)
Flavivs Aetivsit's hard to tell if that's a "Q" or if that's just part of the "X."
Yes, we'd need a better picture of the inscription really. There's certainly a deep oblique cut on the upper left arm of the X (in XXVII), but that might conceal a more shallow oblique in the line above. The text is very uneven in places, and some of the lettering seems to be either vague or irregular.
There are a few: CIL 03, 14704 (Fl(avio) Victorino ducenar(io) ex vexillation(e) equitum Valentinianen(sium)), CIL 05, 08777 (ducen(ario) qui mil(itavit) in nu(mero) equi(tum) VIII / Dalm(atarum)) and AE 1890, 00147 (Fl(avius) Fasta duce(narius) de Batavis / equ(itibus) sen(ioribus) )
CIL 05, 08760 (Fl(avio) Saum(a)e biarc(h)o de numero equitum bracchiatorum) ) has the unit title written in a similar way.
I did wonder what else it could be - but 'Io' almost always seems to be an abbreviation of Iovii or Ioviarum. Unless it's actually some other word altogether - there's quite a large gap between the 'O' (or 'Q') and the next letter... but the peculiarities of the inscription appear to leave a lot to interpretation!
Yes, we'd need a better picture of the inscription really. There's certainly a deep oblique cut on the upper left arm of the X (in XXVII), but that might conceal a more shallow oblique in the line above. The text is very uneven in places, and some of the lettering seems to be either vague or irregular.
(02-20-2017, 02:29 AM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: Do we have evidence for Ducenarii in other cavalry units?
There are a few: CIL 03, 14704 (Fl(avio) Victorino ducenar(io) ex vexillation(e) equitum Valentinianen(sium)), CIL 05, 08777 (ducen(ario) qui mil(itavit) in nu(mero) equi(tum) VIII / Dalm(atarum)) and AE 1890, 00147 (Fl(avius) Fasta duce(narius) de Batavis / equ(itibus) sen(ioribus) )
CIL 05, 08760 (Fl(avio) Saum(a)e biarc(h)o de numero equitum bracchiatorum) ) has the unit title written in a similar way.
(02-20-2017, 02:29 AM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: there's only two letters "I" and "O" so that doesn't automatically imply it was "Ioviorum" does it?
I did wonder what else it could be - but 'Io' almost always seems to be an abbreviation of Iovii or Ioviarum. Unless it's actually some other word altogether - there's quite a large gap between the 'O' (or 'Q') and the next letter... but the peculiarities of the inscription appear to leave a lot to interpretation!
Nathan Ross
