Late Roman Army Grade/Rank List under Anastasius

[Nathan Ross]

primicerius... senator, ducenarius, centenarius, biarchus, circitor, eques... tiro.

Thanks - that's the 'cavalry/auxilia' list again.

It does seem peculiar that the Roman army of the 4th-5th century should apparently have maintained two almost entirely separate systems of military rank. As far as I know, nobody has explained why this might have happened.

Meanwhile, it appears that the old-style legion centurion still survived into the 4th century as well - assuming from the legion title that this is Constantinian or later:

CIL 08, 23181 (Africa proconsularis) ... Valentini centurionis / legionis secund(a)e Flavi(a)e Virtu/tis...