04-21-2015, 09:40 AM
I have just had some clarifications via PM on Facebook from Faith Onur in relation to the numbers. In terms of overall numbers, he has just confirmed via PM to me that the 'munifices' are the rankers in the legion but that the number listed on the 'C' slab has never been recovered from its original shattered state. A remnant number - ' . . . ?59' is all that is recoverableand may possibly refer to the munifices but whether that full number is 359, or 459, or 559, for example, is unknowable. Another missing number is that of the clerici and deputati, again missing from the fragments and unknowable.
Taking into account the missing or incomplete figures, the overall CONFIRMED numbers of the legion stand at exactly 1172 - if we add the missing clerici and deputati and the incomplete munifices we see where the provisional number of 1550-1600 comes from.
He also is keen to point out that his theory of Ioannes being the Magister and that the legion is a palatina one remains conjectural.
http://www.arkeolojisanat.com/.../monume...ergense_11...
Taking into account the missing or incomplete figures, the overall CONFIRMED numbers of the legion stand at exactly 1172 - if we add the missing clerici and deputati and the incomplete munifices we see where the provisional number of 1550-1600 comes from.
He also is keen to point out that his theory of Ioannes being the Magister and that the legion is a palatina one remains conjectural.
http://www.arkeolojisanat.com/.../monume...ergense_11...
Francis Hagan
The Barcarii
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