08-18-2016, 11:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2016, 12:23 PM by Marcel Frederik Schwarze.)
@Nathan
the unit is called several times in slab B a legion and her members are "military legionaries". So, that the unit is a legion is without doubt correct.
e.g. [slabB 11-12] τῶν αὐτῶν λεγεόνων τοῖς αὐτοῖς καθοσιωμένοις στρατιώτες
That it was named - beside that - as αριθμος is no surprise since all units were called like that, an evolvement which is shown the first time in the text-part of the Notitia Dignitatum.
[slabC 3] calls the commander τριβοῦνος τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ - the tribune of the numerus. That means in the main-list C there is no word anymore about a legion.
The interesting part here is that we have a unit which still considered it as important that the term "legion" is used as well in slab A and B - at least in parts.
The technically correct term is the numerus, the epithetos is "legion". The traditionalisation of legions in the Roman Empire was enormous.
Therefore I consider the retention of certain legionary customs as probable - and this for the entire 6th century. This includes deployments, recruitment methods, respecting a certain homogeneity, hierarchy and internal order, combat tactics etc.
the unit is called several times in slab B a legion and her members are "military legionaries". So, that the unit is a legion is without doubt correct.
e.g. [slabB 11-12] τῶν αὐτῶν λεγεόνων τοῖς αὐτοῖς καθοσιωμένοις στρατιώτες
That it was named - beside that - as αριθμος is no surprise since all units were called like that, an evolvement which is shown the first time in the text-part of the Notitia Dignitatum.
[slabC 3] calls the commander τριβοῦνος τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ - the tribune of the numerus. That means in the main-list C there is no word anymore about a legion.
The interesting part here is that we have a unit which still considered it as important that the term "legion" is used as well in slab A and B - at least in parts.
The technically correct term is the numerus, the epithetos is "legion". The traditionalisation of legions in the Roman Empire was enormous.
Therefore I consider the retention of certain legionary customs as probable - and this for the entire 6th century. This includes deployments, recruitment methods, respecting a certain homogeneity, hierarchy and internal order, combat tactics etc.
