05-27-2012, 12:38 AM
Of course Duncan, here you are :
"λοχαγοῖς καὶ ταξιάρχοις", Flavius Josephus Hist., De bello Judaico libri vii. Book 3 section 83 line 2.
"λοχαγοὺς δὲ καθιστάτω καὶ ταξιάρχους καὶ χιλιάρχους, καὶ εἴ τινων ἄλλων ἡγεμόνων προσδεῖν αὐτῷ δόξαι", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 2 section 3 line 1.
"καὶ λοχαγῶν καὶ ταξιαρχῶν πλῆθος.", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 2 section 4 line 4.
"πεντηκονταρχίαι, ἑκατονταρχίαι, λοχαγίαι, τάξεων ἀφηγήσεις, καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι αἱ κατὰ νόμους παρ’ ἑκάστοις ἡγεμονίαι", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 34 section 2 line 5.
I found one more instance of "lochagos" in Josephus but he was clearly talking about the army of Archelaus. I haven't diligently checked the context of the rest of the quotes, I think they are all about the Roman army. The thing with Appian and others is that this lochagos office is not really defined... They all the time write about "the taxiarchoi and the lochagoi" and then for some reason they write something that mixes things up, like these salary lists (and there are more I found with the centurions omitted and the lochagoi mentioned). Taking into account that all manuals define them as file-leaders, makes me all the more certain that the centurions of any name can also be called thus because they fought in the first rank. Yet, of course the average lochagos would be an officer of lesser rank. The more I look into it, the more I tend to side with this explanation.
"λοχαγοῖς καὶ ταξιάρχοις", Flavius Josephus Hist., De bello Judaico libri vii. Book 3 section 83 line 2.
"λοχαγοὺς δὲ καθιστάτω καὶ ταξιάρχους καὶ χιλιάρχους, καὶ εἴ τινων ἄλλων ἡγεμόνων προσδεῖν αὐτῷ δόξαι", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 2 section 3 line 1.
"καὶ λοχαγῶν καὶ ταξιαρχῶν πλῆθος.", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 2 section 4 line 4.
"πεντηκονταρχίαι, ἑκατονταρχίαι, λοχαγίαι, τάξεων ἀφηγήσεις, καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι αἱ κατὰ νόμους παρ’ ἑκάστοις ἡγεμονίαι", Onasander Tact., Strategicus. Chapter 34 section 2 line 5.
I found one more instance of "lochagos" in Josephus but he was clearly talking about the army of Archelaus. I haven't diligently checked the context of the rest of the quotes, I think they are all about the Roman army. The thing with Appian and others is that this lochagos office is not really defined... They all the time write about "the taxiarchoi and the lochagoi" and then for some reason they write something that mixes things up, like these salary lists (and there are more I found with the centurions omitted and the lochagoi mentioned). Taking into account that all manuals define them as file-leaders, makes me all the more certain that the centurions of any name can also be called thus because they fought in the first rank. Yet, of course the average lochagos would be an officer of lesser rank. The more I look into it, the more I tend to side with this explanation.
