05-22-2014, 08:35 AM
In Book 16, section 11, Ammianus Marcellinus reports that Barbatio, magister peditum, blamed two tribunes, Bainobaudes and the future emperor Valentinian, for failing to block the escape of Laeti who had looted Lugdunum. He was covering for his deputy Cella who later confesses it was a bad move.
AM says the two tribunes were cashiered and 'returned home as civilians.'
Only a few paragraphs later, Tribune Bainobaudes pops up leading light-armed auxiliaries to wade through lowlying Rhine water over to the Alemanni-held islands and recapture the booty.
HUH? How does Tribune Bainbaudes get himself out from under disgrace as the scapegoat for Barbatio and reduction to civilian status to appear, few paragraphs later, fully restored to full command under Julian?
Any ideas or explanations?
Thanks again
AM says the two tribunes were cashiered and 'returned home as civilians.'
Only a few paragraphs later, Tribune Bainobaudes pops up leading light-armed auxiliaries to wade through lowlying Rhine water over to the Alemanni-held islands and recapture the booty.
HUH? How does Tribune Bainbaudes get himself out from under disgrace as the scapegoat for Barbatio and reduction to civilian status to appear, few paragraphs later, fully restored to full command under Julian?
Any ideas or explanations?
Thanks again
