10-09-2013, 12:51 PM
Quote:Also I uploaded a picture of a Numerus and a Centinarius, to what unit may that shield belong, it's text says that it was found on a mural in sicily.Just to clarify, a 'numerus' is not a soldier but a unit type of unspecified size (pl. numeri). The soldier in Graham Sumners painting is a 'member of an unspecified numerus', not a numerus himself.
The 'centinarius' should be 'centenarius', the late Roman version of the centurio in the new style units from Diocletian onwards.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
