List of soldiers
List of officers and soldiers of a military unit, perhaps a cohort, the names of the soldiers being recorded according their date of enlistment
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21356
Fragment of a Latin military roster arranged by year of enlistment TM 21356Unknown place311-321 A.D.
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Fragment of a Latin roster of a military unit, perhaps a cohort, in Egypt, listing officers and soldiers grouped by the consular year in which they enlisted (AD 303 to 311). The surviving men, nearly all named Valerius, include a cornicularius and a scout.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
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[…] in December (?)
[…] Augustus
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[…] Augustus
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[…]
[column 2]
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[…] tribune (?)
[…] centurion ordinarius
[…] In the consulship of our lords Diocletian Augustus for the 8th time and Maximian Augustus for the 7th time:
Valerius Potammon, cornicularius
In the consulship of our lords Maximian Augustus for the 5th time and Maximian Caesar for the 2nd time:
Valerius Paulinus, scout
Valerius Horion
In the consulship of our lords Diocletian Augustus for the 9th time and Maximian Augustus for the 8th time:
Valerius Hierax
Valerius Heracleides
In the consulship of our lords Diocletian, father of the Augusti, for the 10th time and Galerius Valerius Maximianus Augustus for the 7th time:
Valerius Arion
Valerius Hathres
In the consulship of our lord Galerius Valerius Maximinus Augustus for the 2nd time:
Valerius Plusianus
Valerius Psentaes
[Valerius] Plancius
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The consular years run from AD 303 (Diocletian VIII and Maximian VII) to AD 311 (Maximinus II); 'Maximianus Caesar' here refers to Galerius. A cornicularius was a senior clerical officer on a commander's staff.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Latin Military List). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
chla.5.298
p.mich.10.592
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