10-08-2020, 03:30 PM
Julian DeVries posted these references on another posting some time back, which raise some questions, like Seniors for the year 243 AD:
Chronicon Paschale: pp. 501.3 – 504.6:
Indiction 4 (AD 243). (Year) 3. Consuls: Aurelianus (sic, PIR2 A 635) and Pappus (PIR2 C 684). Gordianus (III) Augustus made a unit (arithmon) of those called Candidates, having elevated them by selection as mature, strong, and of magnificent appearance, from the formation (tagmatos) of those called Scholarii, having called the school of the same unit (arithmou) “Seniors” in his own name. These are those of the sixth school.
Indiction 11 (AD 250). (Year) 4. Consuls: Decius (PIR2 M 520) and Gratianus (sic, PIR2 V 328) The sovereign Philippus, together with his son Philippus, constituted a unit (arithmon) of those called Candidates, elevating chosen young men from the Scholarii, having called the school of the formation (tagmatos) they constituted “Juniors,” by the name of Philippus, the father. These are those of the Sixth School.
