Sedition among the Paralians

David Stockhoff · 19 Jun 2010, 13:21 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:21:57 -0400
Subject: (urth) Sedition among the Paralians
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No, of course it was the Antrustiones that Severian fought with, thus 
Inire's "your."

David Stockhoff wrote:
> Father Inire writes to Severian:
>
> There is sedition among the Paralians, which must be rooted out. The 
> Tarentines, your Antrustiones, and the city legions?the three groups 
> that bore the brunt of the fighting?having suffered almost as badly as 
> the enemy. There are cohorts among them that could not muster a 
> hundred able soldiers.
>
> Lexicon Urthis suggests that these named groups are various subject 
> peoples and tries to locate them. But this is plainly an error. Inire 
> is simply giving the new Autarch a post-battle report. All these named 
> groups are simply "imperial" legions and are mentioned nowhere else.
>
> According to Google:
>
> Paralians - Athenians off a ship named Paralus = Sailors and Marines. 
> No kidding that there is sedition---Gunnie and Ida are among them.
>
> Tarentines = Italian mercenary cavalry = mercenary cavalry, possibly 
> those Severian fought among. "Hipparch Severian, of the Black 
> Tarentines."
>
> Antrustiones = foreign soldiers fighting for the the Frankish king = 
> foreign soldiers fighting for the Autarch.
>
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