08-08-2014, 01:01 PM
Nathan wrote:
One (AE 1990, 866) is certainly post-Diocletian, and the rest are probably around the same period.
Thanks for this reference. Do you know where I can find it? It could be the magic bullet that shoots my theory down.
Nathan wrote:
To turn him into a decanus would involve drastically scaling down the unit structure to allow a commander of ten men far greater importance, or suggesting that somebody else (primicerius? campidoctor?) occupied the centurion's role.
That’s a good point! Robert is tracking down a source for me that states a ordinarius commanded 80 men. This would mean a unit of 800 men as given by Ammianus can be divided into ten ordines each of 80 men. If a centurion was now called an ordinarius, then he commands 80 men not 100 men. Do we know for certain a century after 325 AD had one hundred men?
One (AE 1990, 866) is certainly post-Diocletian, and the rest are probably around the same period.
Thanks for this reference. Do you know where I can find it? It could be the magic bullet that shoots my theory down.
Nathan wrote:
To turn him into a decanus would involve drastically scaling down the unit structure to allow a commander of ten men far greater importance, or suggesting that somebody else (primicerius? campidoctor?) occupied the centurion's role.
That’s a good point! Robert is tracking down a source for me that states a ordinarius commanded 80 men. This would mean a unit of 800 men as given by Ammianus can be divided into ten ordines each of 80 men. If a centurion was now called an ordinarius, then he commands 80 men not 100 men. Do we know for certain a century after 325 AD had one hundred men?
