05-27-2015, 01:34 PM
The reference to SHA Quadr. Tyr. 14.2 is Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus 14.2 in the Loeb edition. The passage reads:
Militavit primum inter ordinarios, deinde inter equites; duxit ordines, tribunatus egit, dux limitis Raetici fuit . . .
Leob translates this as: 'He served in the beginning as a legionary centurion, and next in the cavalry; he commanded in the ranks, he held tribuneships, he was general in charge of the Raetian frontier . . .'
Milner evidently considers that it is more logical to interpret this as indicating that he (Bonosus) served first in the ranks as an infantryman, then transferred to the cavalry and, finally, was promoted to various command positions.
Rea's article in ZPE alludes to Gilliam's article in TAPA 71 (1940) 127-48 (presumably reprinted in the Mavors volume cited by Milner) in which it is argued the centuriones ordinati or centuriones ordinarii commanded in ordines, as opposed to those who had other duties. Rea's article cites papyrological evidence (in Greek) for centuriones ordinati and centuriones supernumerarii in support of this argument.
SHA is not high authority for Milner's suggestion that ordinarii can mean common soldiers in the ordo but it could be evidence of general confusion in the terminology.
Militavit primum inter ordinarios, deinde inter equites; duxit ordines, tribunatus egit, dux limitis Raetici fuit . . .
Leob translates this as: 'He served in the beginning as a legionary centurion, and next in the cavalry; he commanded in the ranks, he held tribuneships, he was general in charge of the Raetian frontier . . .'
Milner evidently considers that it is more logical to interpret this as indicating that he (Bonosus) served first in the ranks as an infantryman, then transferred to the cavalry and, finally, was promoted to various command positions.
Rea's article in ZPE alludes to Gilliam's article in TAPA 71 (1940) 127-48 (presumably reprinted in the Mavors volume cited by Milner) in which it is argued the centuriones ordinati or centuriones ordinarii commanded in ordines, as opposed to those who had other duties. Rea's article cites papyrological evidence (in Greek) for centuriones ordinati and centuriones supernumerarii in support of this argument.
SHA is not high authority for Milner's suggestion that ordinarii can mean common soldiers in the ordo but it could be evidence of general confusion in the terminology.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
