05-23-2006, 06:00 PM
Quote:So was he a Syrian or a Syrian serving in a Batavian cohort?
His archery skills sound like a Syrian, maybe he learnt how to swim from the Batavi?
As far as we know Robert he was Syrian serving in a "Batavian" cohort.
It could refer to COH II M Eq , or Coh III M Eq. or even possibly Coh VIIII M.
Or, it could also mean the Equites Singulari Augusti. But yes, by that time, the levies were not just coming from the Cohorts homelands.
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