[darkagebritain] Re: Aetius' fourth consulship
- From: "Kevin Bowman" <kbowman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <darkagebritain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:16:14 -0400
Robert writes:
>Kevin, the 'fasti Vindobonensis priores et posteriores' are the
consular
>lists as provided by a manuscript from Vienna. ***
>Then leaf through (blättern) on to page 303, where you'll find the
>fourth consulship of Aetius.
Thanks, Robert.
>The text is (of course) edited by Theodor Mommsen (of course only with
a
>Latin explanation, the dog).
Better Latin than Mommsen's native tongue. As rusty as my Latin skills
are (even after 7 years of study), they are still much better than my
German. (My father, who served in the Army in Germany taught me how to
say "Kommen sie hier, meine liebechen," but I don't think it ever worked
for him, either. Add Wayne Newton, the Andrews sisters, and Falco and
you have my entire German vocab.)
>Now it should be mentioned that both these fasti as well as Victorinus
>add the number IIII after the name, signifying a fourth consulship.
>This however does not mean anything. We see the same with emperors
>before that, where different men still get the number of the guy
>before them (Theodosio VIII is the second Theodosius, but the 8th
>consulship for the both of them).
Interesting. That said, I confess that it is very odd that we should
have a second Aetius elected as consul within the lifetime of the first.
And, there does seem to be a certain logic to Aetius' assassination
occurring during a fourth consulship. But, I defer to those with
greater knowledge of this period.
Kevin Bowman
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