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Military Chaplains in the Roman Army

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2011

A. H. M. Jones
A. H. M. Jones
Affiliation:
Jesus CollegeCambridge, England
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Between 456 and 466, we are told by Cyril of Scythopolis (Vita S. Sabae, 9), S. Saba, sent on a mission from Palestine to Alexandria, was surprised to meet his father John, from whom he had been parted at the age of five in 444. In that year John had been conscripted and drafted into the numerus Isaurorum at Alexandria; now, under the name of Conon, he had risen to command of the unit. He was overjoyed at being reunited to his son, and suggested that he στρατεύεσθαι καὶ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ νουμέρου γενέσθαι.

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Research Article
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Harvard Theological Review , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , October 1953 , pp. 239 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1953

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References

1 Professor Nock has called my attention to Wilcken, Chr. I. 6, a petition to Theodosius II and Valentinian III (425–450) Παρὰ Ἀππίωνος ἐπισκóπου λεγεôνος Συήνης καὶ Kενῆς [Συή]νης καὶ Ἐλεφαντίνης; but Appion appears rather to be bishop of the garrison town than of the unit.