AE 1981 777

[Robert Vermaat]

Did you say, that there was no ordinarius in the units of the limitanei? Magister Flavius wrote (see above), that the limitanei had both: normal centurions and ordinarii.

I'm not sure that's what Evan said? It's argued in this very good article by Philip Rance: Rance, Philip (2007b): Campidoctores Vicarii vel Tribuni: The Senior Regimental Officers of the Late Roman Army and the Rise of the Campidoctor, in: Ariel S. Lewin and Pietra Pellegrini (eds.) (2007): The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest, pp. 395-409.

And I fully agree, that not every military term we know of, has to be a rank. Thats why I speculated, that the ordinarius like the primi ordinis were probably a rank-group like field-grade-officer in modern armies. Same with the famous ducenarius and other late roman "ranks".

Indeed!