05-25-2010, 09:50 AM
Back to you,
It's good to know that someone else believes in the Notitia Dignitatum's viability. Been a lot of wrangling over it through the decades.
But do you think all six units made it into Britain? I always felt that three probably did-- the Equites Honoriani Seniores (aka Equites Taifali Seniors), the Taifali Juniors, and the Catafractarii in the north. And was this a trade-off, with Stilicho pulling out a legion. Still enough footsoldiers left there to raise Constantine to usurper. :?
It's good to know that someone else believes in the Notitia Dignitatum's viability. Been a lot of wrangling over it through the decades.
But do you think all six units made it into Britain? I always felt that three probably did-- the Equites Honoriani Seniores (aka Equites Taifali Seniors), the Taifali Juniors, and the Catafractarii in the north. And was this a trade-off, with Stilicho pulling out a legion. Still enough footsoldiers left there to raise Constantine to usurper. :?
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb