09-24-2010, 01:21 PM
Welcome! Be prepared to defend your ideas :lol:
Alanus, I believe you misunderstood me. I don't think the Orleans was named for the Ambrosii, I think the Ambrosii were named for Aurelianum. Think about it, why would a Gaul of a family we've never even heard of have attachments to an ancient senetorial family? And why, if that was indeed the family's repeated name, did his son and grandson have the exact same name? I think it is a designation to remind everyone of where they came from and to give them a legitimate claim to one of the last three "real" Roman alae in Sub-Roman Britain.
Alanus, I believe you misunderstood me. I don't think the Orleans was named for the Ambrosii, I think the Ambrosii were named for Aurelianum. Think about it, why would a Gaul of a family we've never even heard of have attachments to an ancient senetorial family? And why, if that was indeed the family's repeated name, did his son and grandson have the exact same name? I think it is a designation to remind everyone of where they came from and to give them a legitimate claim to one of the last three "real" Roman alae in Sub-Roman Britain.
Nicholas