02-27-2016, 01:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2016, 02:16 PM by Longovicium.)
Can I please reiterate that the palatinae issue is a misnomer? This is an historical position - as quoted in the article extract above - which Fatih no longer holds to. In his correspondence with me, he has made it quite clear that his original proposition is no longer tenable. I quote:
"On the basis of my recent research on Text C, it seems that the total number of men listed in the schedule was no less than 1550-1600, in consequence, this was a large unit, apparently consistent with the numbers in a legio of the comitatenses (see p. 124). In my preliminary reports (Onur 2012a, 269; Onur 2012b, 36), I had suggested that the unit in the Perge inscription is a legio palatina and that the magister militum in question should be identified as a magister militum praesentalis, probably Flavius Ioannes (PLRE II 617-619, s.v. Fl. Ionnes qui et Gibbus 93). However, given the current state of the evidence, this opinion cannot be conclusively proved . . ."
He goes on to further add that he is uncommitted to what grade of legion the slab numbers refer to. I hope this clears up some misconceptions here!
"On the basis of my recent research on Text C, it seems that the total number of men listed in the schedule was no less than 1550-1600, in consequence, this was a large unit, apparently consistent with the numbers in a legio of the comitatenses (see p. 124). In my preliminary reports (Onur 2012a, 269; Onur 2012b, 36), I had suggested that the unit in the Perge inscription is a legio palatina and that the magister militum in question should be identified as a magister militum praesentalis, probably Flavius Ioannes (PLRE II 617-619, s.v. Fl. Ionnes qui et Gibbus 93). However, given the current state of the evidence, this opinion cannot be conclusively proved . . ."
He goes on to further add that he is uncommitted to what grade of legion the slab numbers refer to. I hope this clears up some misconceptions here!
Francis Hagan
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