03-10-2017, 06:33 PM
http://www.academia.edu/12008370/Cavalry...n_MA_2015_
…while literary, epigraphic, and papyrological sources routinely blur particularities with generic Latin or Greek vocabulary for “regiment” or “unit”, such as numerus, ile, tagma or katalogos.
I do not agree with this. I think that these kind of terms are particular tactical unit formations and have particular unit sizes. Also why would the Ancient Sources consistently name peoples officer ranks and status. Rank and status could also be an indication of unit size.
Nathan Ross
Although he does (in Book 17) mention a 'Praetorian cohort' guarding Constantius II during the battle with the Limigantes
Yes, this is intriguing. The contemporary theory states that Constantine disbanded the praetorians. But maybe the praetorians were reformed? (Just as Caracalla recreated the equites extraordinarii.)
Another theory could be that the “Praetorian cohort” is actually the cohors Romana Palatina (AE 1934 157).
…while literary, epigraphic, and papyrological sources routinely blur particularities with generic Latin or Greek vocabulary for “regiment” or “unit”, such as numerus, ile, tagma or katalogos.
I do not agree with this. I think that these kind of terms are particular tactical unit formations and have particular unit sizes. Also why would the Ancient Sources consistently name peoples officer ranks and status. Rank and status could also be an indication of unit size.
Nathan Ross
Although he does (in Book 17) mention a 'Praetorian cohort' guarding Constantius II during the battle with the Limigantes
Yes, this is intriguing. The contemporary theory states that Constantine disbanded the praetorians. But maybe the praetorians were reformed? (Just as Caracalla recreated the equites extraordinarii.)
Another theory could be that the “Praetorian cohort” is actually the cohors Romana Palatina (AE 1934 157).
