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Had Britain already left the empire in 408 AD?
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Caballo post=294494 Wrote:Nicasie refers to a letter ( new to me) from Honorius dated c 408 addressing " universes militibus nostris, Seniores ( Nicasie translates as veterans) , Iuniores, speculatoribus, ac Britannicis." I've put a full version of the letter below, most recently published by Sivan in 1985.
Full reference? Page in Nicasie, note, original source?

The page in Nicasie is p.29. The reference is to H.S. Sivan, "An unedited letter of the Emperor Honorius to the Spanish soldiers", ZPE 61 (1985), 273-287.
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)
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Re: Had Britain already left the empire in 408 AD? - by Renatus - 08-27-2011, 02:22 AM

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