09-14-2010, 12:35 AM
Quote:Works for me. I'm told the same it true of Vortigern. (A sly ploy to lure Robert Vermaat back into the conversation.)OK, that worked. Riothamus is, like Vortigern, not a title (do you know another Riothamus?) but a personal name. In fact I know of at leat 7 Vortigerns who were common people without any claim to any title. Meaningful names can be given at birth or taken as a second name upon accession (Augustus, Atatürk, Stalin). But still, no titles.
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)