02-03-2012, 02:30 PM
Hi Again
Long time since I posted - been back at Uni in a second life studying archaeology and Greek-and-Latin. One year down - "x" to go.
Main interest still later Roman legions. Which survived the longest?
Anyone able to top these?
Mattiarii (? Seniores - the Juniores being massacred at Adrianople) represented in 457 AD because Leo, their tribune, was proposed for the purple by them.
Lanciarii (?Seniores? Juniores?) 518 AD - their campidoctor proclaims Justin I.
I'm very interested in the longevity of older legions too. e.g. V Macedonia, III Cyrenacia.
Anybody??
Cheers
Howard/SPC
Long time since I posted - been back at Uni in a second life studying archaeology and Greek-and-Latin. One year down - "x" to go.
Main interest still later Roman legions. Which survived the longest?
Anyone able to top these?
Mattiarii (? Seniores - the Juniores being massacred at Adrianople) represented in 457 AD because Leo, their tribune, was proposed for the purple by them.
Lanciarii (?Seniores? Juniores?) 518 AD - their campidoctor proclaims Justin I.
I'm very interested in the longevity of older legions too. e.g. V Macedonia, III Cyrenacia.
Anybody??
Cheers
Howard/SPC
Spurius Papirius Cursor (Howard Russell)
"Life is still worthwhile if you just smile."
(Turner, Parsons, Chaplin)
"Life is still worthwhile if you just smile."
(Turner, Parsons, Chaplin)
