03-19-2014, 01:36 PM
I think it's 298-304 AD. Coello devotes like 20 pages to it. It lists the two Vexillationes of II Traiana in Egypt at about 550 each, and totals it at 1100 men.
Of course, this is entirely dependent on whether or not Jones' and Duncan-Jones' interpretations of 6th Century records of Stipends and whatnot are correct. Inflation in that timeframe of the urn of the 4th century really can mess those figures up.
In fact, it would suggest a Sagitarii unit of 120 men and a Dromedarii unit of 24!
Of course, this is entirely dependent on whether or not Jones' and Duncan-Jones' interpretations of 6th Century records of Stipends and whatnot are correct. Inflation in that timeframe of the urn of the 4th century really can mess those figures up.
In fact, it would suggest a Sagitarii unit of 120 men and a Dromedarii unit of 24!
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