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Praefectus Navis/ium
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Reason I was asking is that I found out yesterday that the captains in Republican times are called Praefectus navis (by Livy, trierarch by the Greek authors), there are Praefecti navium in/around Forum Iulii and then they disappear. The ship's captain becomes trierarch (or centurion, depending on the theory) and then 400 years later they dig that title up again... Interesting!
Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
Webmaster & Editor, Ancient Warfare magazine
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Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-10-2005, 03:55 PM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Flavius Promotus - 11-11-2005, 06:45 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-11-2005, 07:07 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by L. Aufidius Pantera - 11-18-2005, 09:11 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-18-2005, 09:17 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by L. Aufidius Pantera - 11-21-2005, 11:00 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-21-2005, 11:08 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by L. Aufidius Pantera - 11-21-2005, 01:40 PM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-21-2005, 01:58 PM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-21-2005, 01:58 PM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by L. Aufidius Pantera - 11-22-2005, 10:14 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by Jasper Oorthuys - 11-22-2005, 10:27 AM
Re: Praefectus Navis/ium - by L. Aufidius Pantera - 11-23-2005, 02:43 PM

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