02-26-2016, 02:06 AM
I believe the reasoning behind the numbers/grades relating to Palatinae is no longer held to by Fatih Onur. The following extract sets out his original thinking from which he has now shifted. The quote is from page 305 of the following article:
The Roman Army in Pamphylia: From the Third to Sixth Centuries A.D.
https://www.academia.edu/182272/The_Roma...turies_A.D
Finally, we are informed by an Anastasian Edict from Perge that there were legions stationed in Pamphylia. This unpublished Anastasian inscription of Perge contains a list that tells the numbers of soldiers and their salaries, and was sent to the legionary units in Pamphylia. The number of soldiers given in this notitia is large enough to present a double unit. One can think that the units in question might have been the imperial legions under praesental order, i.e. legiones palatinae, due to geographical situation of Pamphylia and presence of magister militum praesentalis at this time in the region to deal with the Isaurians. Anyhow, the unit was headquartered in Side and Perge, and its detachments (vexillationes) should have also been spread in various places. Even though the types of legions cannot directly be derived from the inscription, a report from Theophanes gives us a noteworthy scene from the year of 493. In his narrative, comes scholarum Diogenes captured the city of Claudiopolis (Mut), but later his army was besieged in the city by Isaurians. The Magister militum prasentalis Flavius Ioannes having passed the narrows of Tauroi and taken the “guards” with himself, rescued the army of Diogenes from the siege. Therefore, it is clear that the palatine units stayed in the region around and in Isaurian territory at least from 492 to 498, so that Ioannes was able to lift the siege of Claudiopolis quickly. So most probably, the legions mentioned in the Perge inscription, stationed in Pamphylian plain to stand against the Isaurian unrest that continued until 498, were among legiones palatinae.
The Roman Army in Pamphylia: From the Third to Sixth Centuries A.D.
https://www.academia.edu/182272/The_Roma...turies_A.D
Finally, we are informed by an Anastasian Edict from Perge that there were legions stationed in Pamphylia. This unpublished Anastasian inscription of Perge contains a list that tells the numbers of soldiers and their salaries, and was sent to the legionary units in Pamphylia. The number of soldiers given in this notitia is large enough to present a double unit. One can think that the units in question might have been the imperial legions under praesental order, i.e. legiones palatinae, due to geographical situation of Pamphylia and presence of magister militum praesentalis at this time in the region to deal with the Isaurians. Anyhow, the unit was headquartered in Side and Perge, and its detachments (vexillationes) should have also been spread in various places. Even though the types of legions cannot directly be derived from the inscription, a report from Theophanes gives us a noteworthy scene from the year of 493. In his narrative, comes scholarum Diogenes captured the city of Claudiopolis (Mut), but later his army was besieged in the city by Isaurians. The Magister militum prasentalis Flavius Ioannes having passed the narrows of Tauroi and taken the “guards” with himself, rescued the army of Diogenes from the siege. Therefore, it is clear that the palatine units stayed in the region around and in Isaurian territory at least from 492 to 498, so that Ioannes was able to lift the siege of Claudiopolis quickly. So most probably, the legions mentioned in the Perge inscription, stationed in Pamphylian plain to stand against the Isaurian unrest that continued until 498, were among legiones palatinae.
Francis Hagan
The Barcarii
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