10-04-2006, 10:10 PM
You are quite right Hans - he does not describe himself as a miles. But my point is this - he became a decurion so we might perhaps imagine that he had served as a centurion at best. But I would guess that the officers you referred to with comparable multiple names were legionary legates and the like. So my original point remains - it seems curious to me that a man of this comparatively low social rank had a name of this kind which is a hallmark of high society. That is why I wondered whether anyone was aware of any parallels.
