01-10-2013, 06:42 PM
Quote:I agree, why? There would be no need to suppose a change in title of one unit into a totally different one. providing, of course, that we would have a 'lost' name of Equites Taifali cataphracti seniores or something, but that would be idle speculation. Moreover, with the 'sister' unit still extant in the ND, we can be fairly certain of the original unit name.Magister Militum Flavius Aetius post=328022 Wrote:Maybe the Cataphractarii Seniores became the Equites Taifali, who were also in Northern Gaul/Britain?Why?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
