03-11-2019, 01:29 PM
(03-11-2019, 08:56 AM)Mark Hygate Wrote: 'Ferrymen' at one of the largest Roman ports?
Possibly - but why would they be soldiers, and commanded by a Praefectus?
An inscription from the Septimer Pass in Raetia (AE 2009, 00971) mentions Contubernia IIIII I legionis XII II Numeri Atti musculariorum tortorum, who appear to be legionaries - some sort of engineers or artillerymen maybe? But the boat option seems more likely, as Marseilles is on the sea!
There's a depiction of the musculus on the mosaic from Althiburus now in the Bardo, although it doesn't show a barca:
![[Image: 20151219_cultura_historia_pto_real_01.jpg]](https://www.puertorealhoy.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151219_cultura_historia_pto_real_01.jpg)
Nathan Ross
