03-26-2014, 12:34 PM
Quote:My interpretation of that text is that there is only one entire legion present, whose name is a bit of a problem because its stated it was named after Augustus, yet the text also calls it the 'Unconquered', which would make it the Legio Palatina Undecimani.
There are 3 problems with this:
1. There are 3 stations of Undecimani: One in the Magister Militum Praesentalis (Legio Palatina), One in the Comes Hispaniae (Legio Comitatenses), and one in the Dux Dacia Ripensis (Ripenses/Riparienses)
2. The Notitia Dignitatum clearly indicates that the Undecimani does not mean 'Unconquered" but it labels them as Undecima Claudia: Old Legio XI Claudia
3. The Augustei are an Auxilia Palatina Numerus. Sarson thinks they were a Numerus of Augustans found garrisoned under the Dux Pannonia Valeria.
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