Late Roman Unit Sizes

[Renatus]

Michael wrote:
Adapting the Loeb translation to include these gives: “Alcides himself commands the Herulean and the king of the gods leads the Jovian cohort . . . The Nevian follows and the Felix well deserving its name and the legion named after Augustus and that well named Unconquered and the brave Lions as their shields witness.”

Inserting the “and” gives the impression of three legions being present (Augustus, Unconquered, and Lions).

Legio is singular, so there should only be one. According to the Notitia Dignitatum, the Invicti and the Leones were auxiliae palatinae. What is misleading is "and that well named Unconquered" which implies that that unit was of the same type as the preceeding, i.e., a legion. I was sticking too closely to the Loeb. It would be better to say, "and the well named Unconquered."