05-21-2012, 09:26 AM
Quote:I'm actually not too keen on Dux and Comes being translated as Duke and Count, which have connotations of hereditary aristocracy lacking in the Roman terms. 'Commander' (again!) and 'Companion' might work better, at the risk of being a bit obscure... This is something I'd wondered about myself recently...
Nathan,
I do use the Gothic term of "Duce," basically "the reiks' table companion." And at the end of the novel, Safrax and Alatheus (recorded as the "two duces") ride for Shapur (II) under the title of "Frammander," which I think was Sassanian for Commander. What any of this has to do with the Roxolani helmet is more than a moot point. :roll:
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
