The Egyptian cunei

Authors

  • Ariel Lewin Universita della Basilicata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15661/tyche.2003.018.09

Keywords:

cunei, cunei equitum, Egypt

Abstract

The cunei equitum represent an important feature of the limitanean military apparatus along the danubian provinces. The Notitia Dignitatum lists 13 units of cunei in the western duchies: 6 in Pannonia II,5 in Valeria, 2 in Pannonia I. The same document lists 31 cunei in the eastern duchies: 7 in Scythia, 7 in Moesia II, 8 in Moesia land 9 in Dacia Ripensis.

Author Biography

Ariel Lewin, Universita della Basilicata

Universita della Basilicata
Dipartimento di scienze storiche,linguistiche e antropologiche Universita degli studi della Basilicata
via Nazario Sauro, 85
1-85100 Potenza

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Published

2016-06-06

Issue

Vol. 18 (2003)

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