Tealby, the Taifali, & the end of Roman Lincolnshire — the Equites Taifali in 5-6thC Lincs? https://www.academia.edu/24440327/Tealby_the_Taifali_and_the_end_of_Roman_Lincolnshire …pic.twitter.com/Mhnd3wS4G6
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Interestingly, Peter Heather treats Taifali as ‘probably Germanic’, but others disagree—Edward James refers to them as ‘Asiatic nomads’...
If the Taifali of post-Roman Lincolnshire were indeed 'Asiatic nomads', then additional point of interest; see alsohttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/624989466709610497 …
Notitia Dignitatum w/ insignia of the Taifali (bottom left), from the 15thC MS Canon. Misc. 378, f.96r: http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/s/xg95jt …pic.twitter.com/c5SsyhyXnl
@caitlinrgreen wonder how many individuals this "tribe" were, does say in wiki
@fleming77 Enough to provide two cavalry units for the Late Roman field army, it would seem!
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