Six Numeri for Honorius

[Robert Vermaat]

Personally, I suspect the entire Notitia was out of date by 410, and probably had been since before the Frigidus... but the less said about that the better, perhaps!


Surely Zosimus is implying that the 'alliance' dated to before Stilicho's death, since the troops had been expected 'since his time'? But it's a very vague and hazy reference...

@ Notitia. Possibly, but some parts may well have been altered between 394 and perhaps 420. Did you get a chance to read Ralf Scharf's book?
@ Alliance. When did Stilicho become a friend of Constantinople? His downfall ocurred because his last invasion, with the help of Alaric himself, could not take place. Any Alliance with Honorius so soon after Stilicho's death reeks of a payoff - Honorius permitted Stilicho to be killed, for the price of aid from the East.
We discussed this before - these 4.000 men could be yet another tipoff that the army of the West had ceased to exist. Sending them to Spain would not be my first choice had I been in Honorius' position.