03-23-2014, 04:07 PM
Quote:With scutati, Steven probably means the shield bearing heavy infantry of the late Roman/Byzantine Greek (at least) sources.
Not sure about that as Stephen equates the Scutarii with being called 'targeteers', which implies he has read the Rolfe translation of Ammianus as Rolfe consistently calls the Scutarii 'targeteers' (?).
Adrian Coombs-Hoar