07-05-2017, 08:15 PM
(07-05-2017, 12:28 PM)Julian de Vries Wrote: primicerius... senator, ducenarius, centenarius, biarchus, circitor, eques... tiro.
Thanks - that's the 'cavalry/auxilia' list again.
It does seem peculiar that the Roman army of the 4th-5th century should apparently have maintained two almost entirely separate systems of military rank. As far as I know, nobody has explained why this might have happened.
Meanwhile, it appears that the old-style legion centurion still survived into the 4th century as well - assuming from the legion title that this is Constantinian or later:
CIL 08, 23181 (Africa proconsularis) ... Valentini centurionis / legionis secund(a)e Flavi(a)e Virtu/tis...
Nathan Ross