05-10-2014, 01:24 PM
Brian, I would be glad if you could give me your oppinion about the following inscription – EDCS-10101840 – and the status of the mentioned miles and the etui with surgical tools represented on the monument (H. Liebl, Wiener Studien 24, 381-385; available at: https://archive.org/details/wienerstudien2425wienuoft).
It clearly states that he is miles legionis, but his monumet has a represantation of medical/surgical tools. Is it possible that he had a status like the one medicus ordinarius, whom you mentioned in your article (Ancient Warfare VI. 4, str. 47) and that he „served in the ranks (in ordine militat)“?
Furthermore, you state that „It seems more likely that a man would call himself a medicus ordinarius - or, indeed, a miles medicus, as some did - in order to draw distinction with those non-soldiers who arrived from civilian life...". In which group of soldier would you put this soldier – an ordinariy miles gregarius or in the immunes?
The article about medici from Burnum deals with an inscription of a certain medicus legionis XI , before the legion got its title Claudia pia fidelis in 42AD, whose name is L(ucius?) Varius Aristo – a person with a typical Greek name, as well as most of the military medici...
It clearly states that he is miles legionis, but his monumet has a represantation of medical/surgical tools. Is it possible that he had a status like the one medicus ordinarius, whom you mentioned in your article (Ancient Warfare VI. 4, str. 47) and that he „served in the ranks (in ordine militat)“?
Furthermore, you state that „It seems more likely that a man would call himself a medicus ordinarius - or, indeed, a miles medicus, as some did - in order to draw distinction with those non-soldiers who arrived from civilian life...". In which group of soldier would you put this soldier – an ordinariy miles gregarius or in the immunes?
The article about medici from Burnum deals with an inscription of a certain medicus legionis XI , before the legion got its title Claudia pia fidelis in 42AD, whose name is L(ucius?) Varius Aristo – a person with a typical Greek name, as well as most of the military medici...
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