11-10-2016, 06:05 PM
(11-10-2016, 11:23 AM)ValentinianVictrix Wrote: doesn't Ammianus give the reason why the Regii were called the Regii?
I don't think so - he just calls them a 'formidable band' (formidabilis manus - 16.12.45). Unless there's some other reference to them... The Colombo paper might give some extra info, but as it's later than the Speidel one I suspect it just repeats the same idea. They do seem to be paired with the Batavi at this point though, so would have been auxilia.
Thanks for the reminder about the Batavi and Heruli - I recalled there was something about shared standards, but didn't have the reference!
Nathan Ross