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I remember reading a speech by Speidel (Maior) about the Status Quo of the Roman army and fleets (in which he stated that the fleets were very well known). It was clearly part of conference proceedings, maybe one of the Limes ones, but I don't remember which one it was. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
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Was it maybe this one, Jasper?
"Work to be done on the organization of the Roman army", Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, London 26 (1989), 99-106, reprinted in: Mavors 8 (= RAS II), 13-20.
(I haven't read it since, probably, 1989! So I'm not sure if he mentioned the fleets.)
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Hi Duncan
That sounds exactly like it. Must have read it in RAS II, which I unfortunately do not own and when I had it from the library, managed to forget to copy that article. But now I know where to find it, many thanks Duncan!
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Hi Duncan,
Much obliged, that's exactly what I was thinking of. In my opinion, he didn't read Redde's book very well, or is unaware of problems. But hey, that's what PhD theses are for, isn't it: to disagree vehemently with everything posited before by one's elders.