01-24-2016, 11:58 AM
(01-23-2016, 10:35 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: That seems an unusual interpretation! The full text appears to read:
Sex(to) Cornelio / Sex(ti) f(ilio) Arn(ensi) Dextro / proc(uratori) Asiae iuridico Ale/xandreae proc(uratori) Neaspo/leos et Mausolei praef(ecto) / classis Syr(iacae) donis milita/rib(us) donato a divo Hadri/ano ob bellum Iudaicum / hasta pura et vexillo / praef(ecto) alae I Aug(ustae) gem(inae) co/lonorum trib(uno) leg(ionis) VIII Aug(ustae) / praef(ecto) coh(ortis) V Raetorum / praef(ecto) fabrum III patrono / coloniae
Maxfield's interpretation need not be unusual. Dexter's career is set out in reverse. Thus, his military posts in order are praefectus cohortis V Raetorum, tribunus legionis VIII Augustae, praefectus alae I Augustae geminae colonorum, praefectus classis Syriacae. Coming between his posts as praefectus alae and praefectus classis, the award of decorations could, perhaps, be taken as relating to either but Maxfield evidently reads this section of the career chronologically and places the award in his tertia militia. Taken this way, the career runs, prefect of a cohort, legionary angusticlave tribune, prefect of an ala, award of decorations, prefect of a fleet, which seems to place the award more logically with his post as prefect of the ala, than as prefect of the fleet.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
