[267] viii. 21015, 21017.
[268] iii. 7493.
[269] If Mommsen’s interpretation of Eph. Ep. vii. 957 as n(umerus) m(ilitum) S(urorum) S(agittariorum) be correct.
[270] Hyginus, 29. Accepting this emendation for the meaningless Getati of the manuscripts.
[271] iii. 12601 a and b, 12605. The inscriptions date from the reign of Hadrian, showing that this usage was an early one.
[272] Hyginus, 30.
[273] Praepositus is more usual, and probably the original title. Later we find the title praefectus, and the inclusion of this post at the bottom of the equestrian census, below the previous three posts, gave rise to the phrase a quattuor militiis. Cf. xiii. 6814 and von Dom. Rangordnung, p. 131.
[274] Von Dom. Rangordnung, pp. 60, 61.
[275] viii. 2505, 2515. The latest inscription is a dedication to Malagbel, the native god of Palmyra, for the safety of Gordian III.
[276] iii. 907, 14216 (Oriental names).