Zodiac and Late Roman Army Organisation

[D B Campbell]

Hello D B Campbell

Hello, Pompey.

CIL VI 32965 however is just speaking about a Numerus Lanciariorum, without any prefix about a Praetorian Cohors. Not an evidence "per se" - however, at least an indication we should consider that we are speaking about a troop of a later periode.

I think you were making the point that Vegetius was correct to mention legionary cavalry, because the lanciarii had cavalry. But this inscription -- undoubtedly later than the others, from its mention of a schola, which is surely a Constantinian entity -- does not refer to a legion. In fact, just as the Praetorians appear to have had lanciarii amongst their number, we might be so bold as to conjecture -- although based on the evidence of a single inscription -- that the scholae similarly had an element of lanciarii. (Or have I misunderstood you?)