12-19-2007, 01:53 PM
Quote:What about the area between hadrians wall and the Antonine wall?Discussed in my 08:25 post above Byron.
IF Valentia had been located north of the wall, it would have been undefended according to the Notitia Dignitatum. And while the idea of a buffer state is by no means incomprehensible, it would be incomprehensible that a normal province that bordered the main enemy of the diocese would harbor no troops.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)