03-06-2006, 09:26 PM
Quote:A Judaean is assumed to be a member of the group and automatically owes this. Any absence will count against him, all honest effort to mediate simply be insufficient.
Great point. In other words, any Jews in the garrison would've been seen as collaborators.
On the other hand, these men were the same garrison who kept things under control for many, many decades. Herod lived and reigned a long time, and so when his men were organized into cohorts I doubt most people would have noticed a difference in day to day life.
Quote:As I recall they auriliaries in Judea were Samaritans rather than Jews and therefore there was a lot of animosity
Yes, and I think there was even an "Italian" cohort mentioned in the Bible. But, I don't know if Jews would've been the dominant group in the garrison or one of many small groups who hail from surrounding regions (i.e. Syria)
But what about how I described the command structure with the tribunes and prefect of the province ? Was it correct ?
Jaime
