04-05-2013, 06:16 AM
Recruiting part of a scola from the Alans, or a vexillatio from the Alans, wouldn't necessarily have anything to do with recruiting a larger group from the Alans, or receiving part of one tribe of the Alans as federates or laeti or otherwise. Against Attila, I think we're dealing with a larger group of federates and/or laeti.
The Notitia lists an auxilium of Anglivarii. Just an example, nothing to do with the Alans. It doesn't imply that any Anglii were federates, or that Anglian federate-soldiers, if they existed, were more closely integrated into the Roman army than other federate-soldiers. It may imply that some formations of Anglian mercenary-soldiers were. The same goes for countless other 'tribal' units in the late Roman army, and potentially for the Alani in the scolae.
The Notitia lists an auxilium of Anglivarii. Just an example, nothing to do with the Alans. It doesn't imply that any Anglii were federates, or that Anglian federate-soldiers, if they existed, were more closely integrated into the Roman army than other federate-soldiers. It may imply that some formations of Anglian mercenary-soldiers were. The same goes for countless other 'tribal' units in the late Roman army, and potentially for the Alani in the scolae.
