03-07-2014, 12:10 PM
Just saw your amendment above - thanks!
Hmmmm not sure. Some of Ueda-Sarson's suggestions I find a bit of a stretch! XX VV certainly appears on Carausius's legion coins, and disappears subsequently. However, Constantine was a devotee of Sol Invictus, and if anyone were to form a unit later named Solenses it would likely be him (or perhaps even his father). No reason, as far as I can see, for assuming that they were a renamed principiate legion...
Quote:Luke Ueda-Sarson suggests the Solenses were Legio XX Valeria Victrix, renamed during one of the Early 4th century Rebellions in Britain by an Usurper who worshiped Sol Invictus, and he supports this with coins with XX Victrix on it from Usurpers.
Hmmmm not sure. Some of Ueda-Sarson's suggestions I find a bit of a stretch! XX VV certainly appears on Carausius's legion coins, and disappears subsequently. However, Constantine was a devotee of Sol Invictus, and if anyone were to form a unit later named Solenses it would likely be him (or perhaps even his father). No reason, as far as I can see, for assuming that they were a renamed principiate legion...
Nathan Ross