04-12-2004, 10:05 AM
A while ago there was a site on the net with a good discussion page about Antony's legion denarii, which seems to have disappeared - I can't find it anyway. This page, as I recall, claimed that the first of the legion series carried the title 'Legio Primus' rather than 'Legio I'. This seemed strange - should it not be 'Prima Legio' if the intended meaning was just 'first legion'? It occurred to me that the the 'Primus' might be something of a title in itself - 'first' in the sense of 'best' or 'first to be raised' or something. Is this at all possible, or was it just that the single numeral 'I' might not be prominent enough?<br>
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I don't think there's much chance of the coin series relating to other campaigns than Actium - Antony built up his legions steadily after Philippi, and again after the Parthian campaign - pre-Actium, the number would have been greatest, albeit some of the legions being not of the best quality! <p></p><i></i>
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I don't think there's much chance of the coin series relating to other campaigns than Actium - Antony built up his legions steadily after Philippi, and again after the Parthian campaign - pre-Actium, the number would have been greatest, albeit some of the legions being not of the best quality! <p></p><i></i>
Nathan Ross
