03-03-2007, 10:59 AM
True; "limigantes" in Ammianus doesn't refer to a single tribe, but generically indicates subject, losing groups among Sarmatians (AM XVII,12.18 , XIX,11.1 , XXIX,6.15), "servae sarmatae" as opposed to "liberi sarmatae" - under this point of view, this has many similitudes with the case of Atacotti we were talking about in another topic.
The successful uprising of Limigantes against leading Sarmatians groups, and their problematic closeness to the limes, brought, as Robert points out, to their forced deportation by Constantius II (in this , Romans were supported by a contingent of mounted Taifali, Ammianus says) farther from the limes (even though Limigantes had offered to pay a tribute and to supply recruits in order to avoid that), and to serious further problems with the same Roman emperor when they came back.
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The successful uprising of Limigantes against leading Sarmatians groups, and their problematic closeness to the limes, brought, as Robert points out, to their forced deportation by Constantius II (in this , Romans were supported by a contingent of mounted Taifali, Ammianus says) farther from the limes (even though Limigantes had offered to pay a tribute and to supply recruits in order to avoid that), and to serious further problems with the same Roman emperor when they came back.
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(Liv. I.12)
Tiberius Claudius Nero
a.k.a. Carlo Sansilvestri
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(Liv. I.12)
Tiberius Claudius Nero
a.k.a. Carlo Sansilvestri
CONTUBERNIUM
SISMA - Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
