04-16-2015, 12:34 PM
It is indeed a pity that the article's summary is in English whilst the rest of the document is in Turkish.
If Prof. Onur is correct in his belief that the inscriptions pertain to a Legio Palatina unit then that throw's up a whole range of questions as it's generally believed that the Palatine legions were smaller than the Comitatenis one's. It also throw's a curved ball at those who claim that the legion's at that date had been severely degraded in size, I would not have guessed that legions at around 500AD were still this size.
If Prof. Onur is correct in his belief that the inscriptions pertain to a Legio Palatina unit then that throw's up a whole range of questions as it's generally believed that the Palatine legions were smaller than the Comitatenis one's. It also throw's a curved ball at those who claim that the legion's at that date had been severely degraded in size, I would not have guessed that legions at around 500AD were still this size.
Adrian Coombs-Hoar
