Warrior Class

[Michael Erwin]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:30 AM, ualarauans wrote:
> Why not *katafraktus? Or *kleibanareis (cf. "cataphracti equites quos
> clibanarios dictitant" in Ammianus Marcellinus)?
>

Because the *Notitia* most often refers to equites catafractarii, and  
sometimes clibanarii, but not catafracti/catafractorum. I would  
either use -s or -us for catafractus but -areis for catafractarius.
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