07-25-2007, 09:05 AM
Well, I see your point but actually I don't think we disagree too much.
What I meant was, that the name of the unit sounds typical for one of the many units raised under Chlorus or Constantinus. I do not doubt that the fort at Worms is probably Valentinian. He ordered many new fortifications built along the boarder. Still this doesn't say anything about the unit, it might well be Constantinian and then transferred to the camp. The possibilities I see are:
- They were a Constantinian unit transferred to Worms to guard the fortress
- They were a detachment of one of the Constantinian Flavian legions, which was in the area, ordered to guard the new fort, breought to necessary strenght, while the original legion was refilled individually in the east. So the original legion was split in two of which one remained as the old legion, the other became a limitanei unit still keeping the name of the vexillation it once was.
- They were newly raised to guard the fort.
imho the 3rd option is the most unlikely
What I meant was, that the name of the unit sounds typical for one of the many units raised under Chlorus or Constantinus. I do not doubt that the fort at Worms is probably Valentinian. He ordered many new fortifications built along the boarder. Still this doesn't say anything about the unit, it might well be Constantinian and then transferred to the camp. The possibilities I see are:
- They were a Constantinian unit transferred to Worms to guard the fortress
- They were a detachment of one of the Constantinian Flavian legions, which was in the area, ordered to guard the new fort, breought to necessary strenght, while the original legion was refilled individually in the east. So the original legion was split in two of which one remained as the old legion, the other became a limitanei unit still keeping the name of the vexillation it once was.
- They were newly raised to guard the fort.
imho the 3rd option is the most unlikely
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