09-13-2013, 08:09 AM
Quote:Nicasie would also be a good one for you - you'll need to check Drew-Bear's 1977 article dealing with an inscription dated securely to 356
I've read Nicasie, but some time ago - as far as I recall his approach was generally cautious ;-)
I was reading that Drew-Bear article yesterday though. The inscription is AE 1977, 00806 - a ducenarius of the numero (Ioviorum?) cornutorum seniorum.
Interestingly, the man was born in Singidunum, 'natus in Dacia', served 27 years and died in 356. So unless he changed unit at some point he was enrolled into the Cornuti in c.329, but was apparently not in any way a 'Germanic barbarian'...
Nathan Ross