03-19-2014, 07:44 PM
The text of Sozomenos reads :
"ἐν ἓξ ἀριθμοῖς ἀμφὶ τετρακισχίλιοι στρατιῶται νύκτωρ τῇ Ῥαβέννῃ προσέπλευσαν ἐκ τῆς ἀνατολῆς·"
In 6 arithmoi, about 4,000 soldiers sailed to Ravenna at night from the east.
I have not analyzed Sozomenos yet to have an own opinion but Ridley, as I see it, should have translated the number as it was in the text and then add Sozomenos' parallel in the footnote. See how deceiving it may be when trying to relate the 4,000 men to the term telos and hypothesize on the manpower of a legion?
About the Joviani and the Herculiani I think you mean Zosimus (3.30.2)
"ἐν ἓξ ἀριθμοῖς ἀμφὶ τετρακισχίλιοι στρατιῶται νύκτωρ τῇ Ῥαβέννῃ προσέπλευσαν ἐκ τῆς ἀνατολῆς·"
In 6 arithmoi, about 4,000 soldiers sailed to Ravenna at night from the east.
I have not analyzed Sozomenos yet to have an own opinion but Ridley, as I see it, should have translated the number as it was in the text and then add Sozomenos' parallel in the footnote. See how deceiving it may be when trying to relate the 4,000 men to the term telos and hypothesize on the manpower of a legion?
About the Joviani and the Herculiani I think you mean Zosimus (3.30.2)
