Campbell, The Fate of the Ninth

[Nathan Ross]

AD 140/1 when Numisius Iunior began his tenure as tribune

He's very annoying, is Numisius Iunior. Were it not for him, I could happily believe that an understrength ninth were disbanded c.128, and the men used to reinforce the newer legion XXX Ulpia Victrix, which moved to Germania Inferior to replace it, just as XXII Deiotariana was used to reinforce II Traiana in Egypt, all as part of some major Hadrianic military reorganisation/rationalisation.

But with Iunior serving in the legion cAD140 that neat theory doesn't hold up. Unless... I don't suppose he could have been consul in AD161 aged 50-52, perhaps? Then he could have been a 19-year old tribune around 128... But that would probably be too convenient! There's always the theory that he was his own son, I suppose...

But the book looks very interesting - thanks for the review!