09-25-2013, 02:53 PM
This is a question in relation to A.R. Birley's paper 'The Names of the Batavians and Tungrians' (in T. Grünewald (ed) 2001, Germania Inferior: Besiedlung, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft an der Grenze der römisch-germanischen Welt. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 241-260). From p.253 onwards he lists the names of the Batavian and Tungrian soldiers and notes that 58-64% of the Batavians and around 70% of the Tungrians had 'Romanised' rather than Germanic names. Many of these may presumably have been given their names upon recruitment (much like how Apion became Antonius Maximus; BGU 432, 632).
However, this was before volumes III and IV of the writing tablets had been published, which obviously gave us more data. Does anyone know if the totals of 'Roman' vs. 'German' names have been recalculated anywhere? I'd try this myself but I'm not very good with names. :oops:
(I hope it's not in volume III, I don't have that to hand right now...)
However, this was before volumes III and IV of the writing tablets had been published, which obviously gave us more data. Does anyone know if the totals of 'Roman' vs. 'German' names have been recalculated anywhere? I'd try this myself but I'm not very good with names. :oops:
(I hope it's not in volume III, I don't have that to hand right now...)