04-09-2010, 10:13 PM
I’m following up on some research that’s kicking around about some Roman burials in York.
Leach, S., M. Lewis, C. Chenery, G. Müldner, & H. Eckardt. (2009).
Migration and diversity in Roman Britain: A multidisciplinary approach to the identification of immigrants in Roman York, England,
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 140, 546-561.
and
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/evide ... roman-york
also there is this quote which I have yet to verify;
“On another occasion, when he was returning to his nearest quarters from an inspection of the wall at Luguvallium (Carlisle) in Britain, at a time when he had not only proved victorious but had concluded a perpetual peace, just as he was wondering what omen would present itself, an Ethiopian soldier, who was famous among buffoons and always a notable jester, met him with a garland of cypress-boughs. And when Severus in a rage ordered that the man be removed from his sight, the Ethiopian by way of jest cried, it is said, “You have been all things, now, O conqueror, be a god.”
Emperor Septimius Severus (146-211 AD) (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, p. 425).
So which units were using “Ethiopian” troops?
And was the term "Ethiopian" applied to areas other than that we consider Ethiopia today?
all thoughts appreciated
Leach, S., M. Lewis, C. Chenery, G. Müldner, & H. Eckardt. (2009).
Migration and diversity in Roman Britain: A multidisciplinary approach to the identification of immigrants in Roman York, England,
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 140, 546-561.
and
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/evide ... roman-york
also there is this quote which I have yet to verify;
“On another occasion, when he was returning to his nearest quarters from an inspection of the wall at Luguvallium (Carlisle) in Britain, at a time when he had not only proved victorious but had concluded a perpetual peace, just as he was wondering what omen would present itself, an Ethiopian soldier, who was famous among buffoons and always a notable jester, met him with a garland of cypress-boughs. And when Severus in a rage ordered that the man be removed from his sight, the Ethiopian by way of jest cried, it is said, “You have been all things, now, O conqueror, be a god.”
Emperor Septimius Severus (146-211 AD) (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, p. 425).
So which units were using “Ethiopian” troops?
And was the term "Ethiopian" applied to areas other than that we consider Ethiopia today?
all thoughts appreciated
