04-12-2018, 04:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2018, 11:44 AM by Michael Kerr.)
Flavius Aetius wrote:
Yep, although IIRC Rance disagrees
Which Rance paper is that Evan? in his paper Drungus, δρουγγος, and δρουγγιστί: A Gallicism and Continuity in late Roman Cavalry Tactics Rance seems to be writing that they maybe the same person where old Gallic terms are used in both books as this excerpt shows
Vegetius' Epitoma is the only extant general military treatise in Latin and as such uniquely preserves a considerable number of terms unattested before him, but very unlikely in every case to be neologisms of his period. A very similar example may be cited from Vegetius' own Digesta artis mulomedicinae, like his Epitoma a compendium of earlier writings and the only surviving general Latin treatise of its genre, in this instance veterinary medicine, principally equine. Here Vegetius uses another Gaulish word, gulbia, the term for a specially-designed tool used to cut away the dead part of a horse's hoof during an operation to release infected matter in cases of chronic lameness. This device appears to resemble a farrier's traditional butteris, a sharp, long-handled chisel for paring or trimming hooves.
Just on Vegetius, I have a copy of Vegetius that although is translated by Lieutenant John Clark, is edited by Thomas R. Phillips USA and in the introduction it is mentioned that 15th-16th century theologian and historian Raphael of Volterra called Vegetius a Count of Constantinople. Was this an honorary title or was he living in the eastern empire? In the mulomedicina Vegetius mentions harsh winters complaining that farmers and landholders don't stable their horses and leave them exposed to the winter elements but I always thought that most of the time winters in Italy were mostly if not mild were not that harsh except for northern Italy and other parts of Europe. Mind you I live in a region in Australia where winter temperatures hover around 17 degrees Celsius so I probably wouldn't know what a harsh winter is.
Yep, although IIRC Rance disagrees
Which Rance paper is that Evan? in his paper Drungus, δρουγγος, and δρουγγιστί: A Gallicism and Continuity in late Roman Cavalry Tactics Rance seems to be writing that they maybe the same person where old Gallic terms are used in both books as this excerpt shows
Vegetius' Epitoma is the only extant general military treatise in Latin and as such uniquely preserves a considerable number of terms unattested before him, but very unlikely in every case to be neologisms of his period. A very similar example may be cited from Vegetius' own Digesta artis mulomedicinae, like his Epitoma a compendium of earlier writings and the only surviving general Latin treatise of its genre, in this instance veterinary medicine, principally equine. Here Vegetius uses another Gaulish word, gulbia, the term for a specially-designed tool used to cut away the dead part of a horse's hoof during an operation to release infected matter in cases of chronic lameness. This device appears to resemble a farrier's traditional butteris, a sharp, long-handled chisel for paring or trimming hooves.
Just on Vegetius, I have a copy of Vegetius that although is translated by Lieutenant John Clark, is edited by Thomas R. Phillips USA and in the introduction it is mentioned that 15th-16th century theologian and historian Raphael of Volterra called Vegetius a Count of Constantinople. Was this an honorary title or was he living in the eastern empire? In the mulomedicina Vegetius mentions harsh winters complaining that farmers and landholders don't stable their horses and leave them exposed to the winter elements but I always thought that most of the time winters in Italy were mostly if not mild were not that harsh except for northern Italy and other parts of Europe. Mind you I live in a region in Australia where winter temperatures hover around 17 degrees Celsius so I probably wouldn't know what a harsh winter is.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
