08-08-2014, 02:41 PM
Quote:do you think the Legio I Ioviae Scythicae could have been the full title of the Iovianii Seniores
Very probably. I Iovia (Scythica) and II Herculia might have been the originals.
Perhaps they and the subsequent III Herculia, V Iovia and VI Herculia mentioned in the ND - and the (presumed) IV Iovia to complete the sequence - might collectively have formed the 'Joviani' and 'Herculiani'. Although VI Herc is known from tile fragments to have had ten cohorts, so these were presumably all full legions...
Nathan Ross