02-05-2014, 11:20 PM
John W. Eadie in his paper "The Development of Roman Mailed Cavalry" mentions the ala nova firma miliaria catafractaria Philippiana, which was recruited in the eastern provinces in A.D. 234, was transferred to the west under Maximinus and participated in campaigns against the Alamanni and Germans (235-6), and remained in service during the reign of Philip the Arab,it was raised in the east probably Syria or Mesopotamia. Maybe it contained some Parthian/Arsacid exiles or dissidents.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
