I hadn't even noticed; shows how carefully I was reading.
I found this ebook while trying to google the difference and
where mentioned in these texts they're both displayed with the
'dal' spelling in parenthesis. Not sure what that tells us, but at
least somebody else noticed!
I have to say this sort of thing is one of my favourite parts of
historical wargaming. I don't obsess over correctness but I do
enjoy the feeling that I've managed to get a plausible force on
the table.
Cheers,
Pete
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Always interesting to read what people are doing, and
how they tie it into historical records (if at all).
I also am hardly a history expert (nor a Latin one),
but I was struck by the spelling ‘Delmatarum’ at the
top of the Wiki article. That article talks about
‘Dalmatae’, the funerary inscription pictured has ‘COH
III DALMAT’, and I had always considered the spelling
to be Dalmatarum (‘of the Dalmatae’). Does anyone know
if Wiki heading is plain wrong, or when the A elided
to an E in English?
Not that it really matters, but ... confused
Clive
