05-23-2012, 03:05 AM
Quote:"Eusebius (Vita Constantina IV, 51) states that when the Emperor Constantine divided the empire between his three sons, he assigned to each of them teachers in the arts of war, and a retinue consisting of infantry of several classes (oplitai, doryphoroi, somatofylakes), commanded respectively by centurions (lochagoi), generals (strategoi), and tribunes (taxiarchoi)"I cannot see why D'Amato has chosen to translate lochagoi here as "centurions". The whole passage seems a little vague, as if Eusebius wasn't sure what officers commanded what units in the imperial retinue. (The first of the three named units -- ὁπλῖται -- should, of course, be hoplitai.)
