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69. Chastagnol 1967,130-34, contra Courtois 1955,70-79.
70. CIL 8.22763 - ILS 9352; Trousset 1974,90-92; Gauckler 1902,321-40
(App. 3, no. 11). Repairs and construction work in the mid-fourth
century are recorded at Ras el Ain and on an inscription erected
at Lepcis, CIL 8.22766,22767 - ILAf 11; IRT 565. App. 3, nos. 13-14,83.
71. Trousset 1974, sites 25 (Ain Temassine), 41 (Hr el Hadjar), 59 (Benia
Guedah Ceder), 70 (Ksar Tabria), 105 (Benia bel Recheb); Goodchild
1950,38-41 (Gasr Bularkan/Mselletin).
72. See below 7: 1.
73. ILAf 8-9 (App. 3, no. 20-21). Aemilius Emeritus is also known from
inscriptions from Nunidia, CIL 8.2465,17953. See also the recent
study on the title praepositus by Smith 1979,263-78.
74. IRT 868 (App. 3, no. 34).
75. Le Bohec 1978,114; Mattingly 1982,77.
76. CIL 8.2466,21567 (Agueneb) and Picard 1944,45-46 (Dimmidi).
77. Rebuffat 1973b, 128-29, inscription 74-94 and IRT 920 (App. 3, nos.
52-53).
78. Rebuffat 1967,96-98,102-03; 1982b; 912-14. Publication of further
detail on Bu Njem is eagerly awaited. See IRT 895 for Gheriat (App.
3, nos. 40,52,59,60,62).
79. Marichal 1979,448-50, mentions troops outposted from Bu Njem to at
least four satellite posts.
80. Brogan and Reynolds 1964,43-44 (App. 3, nos. 48-49) for Zerzi. The
fortlet at esh-Shergia is undated but comparison with the site at
Isawi in the wadi N'f'd suggests a later second to third century date
span.
81. Trousset 1974,75-78,132 (plan).
82. Merlin 1921,236-48; Lassbre 1980,955-75.
83. Lassbre 1980,956 (and plate 65.1).
84. Several forts in Africa have produced similar lists or inscriptions
in association with the dedication of Arae Cerei, Rebuffat 1982b, 911-19.
85. Merlin 1921,236-48 - ILAf 27 (App. 3, no. 2); Lassbre 1980,955-75 (esp.
p. 957 and plates 65,2,65.3).
86. Its small size and relative proximity imply such a link. But cf note
88 below.
87. As note 59 above.
88. ILAf 9 (App. 3, no. 21). Tile stamps found at Tisavar suggest that that
fortlet may also have been constructed initially for outposting by
the second cohort from Remada. Merlin 1909,91-101; Euzennat and
Trousset 1975,58; Trousset 1974,118-20.
89. Euzennat and Trousset 1975,67, note 29; Trousset 1974,121-22.
90. Notitia Dignitatun, Occ, XXV, 33; XXXI, 21. It is possible that the
Cohors II Fla via Afrorun was still in garrison, see below, section (C).
91. Reynolds and Brogan 1960,51, no. 1 (App. 3, no. 27).
92. Notitia Dignitatun, Occ, XXXI, 19.
93. Ward-Perkins and Goodchild 1949,26-28; IRT 880 (App. 3, no. 31).
94. Ward-Perkins and Goodchild 1949,28; van Berchem 1952,39-42.
95. Rebuffat 1977,406, discusses the significance. I am grateful to
Professor Rebuffat for allowing me to examine the stone briefly in
his stores at Bu Njem.
96. Marichal 1979,447 (App. 3, no. 76).
97. Marichal 1979,436-52; Rebuffat 1970b, no. 70-46 (App. 3, nos. 70,77).
98. Clearly the date of the decline is later than imagined by Courtois 1955,
70-79,92-95. The switch back to an hegemonic style of control means
that territory was not formally abandoned, it simply became de facto
less
"Roman".
99. See further 7: 1 below. For the increased use of legionary vexillations
see Saxer 1967,30-31,100-110; Smith 1979,263-78.
100. Le Bohec 1980,945-54; also 1978,115-16. The unit was once thought to