STATIUS PRISCUS FROM BRITAIN TO SYRIA - AND THEN FROM BRITAIN TO ARMENIA

Britain to Armenia and Britain to Judaea (for distance comparison)

From Anthony Birley's THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT OF BRITAIN:

"Equally, the governor who probably gave him [Statius Priscus] his commission, 

Julius Severus (Gov. 21), was himself from Dalmatia and perhaps offered him the post

because he was a fellow-countryman. He was no doubt taken from Britain to the Jewish 

war, for service in which he received a decoration, by Severus. There is no need to

suppose that Priscus took his cohort to Judaea. More likely Severus promoted

him to be tribune in the Syrian legion III Gallica, which participated in the

war;"

So, Dr. Linda A. Malcor, Antonio Trinchese and Alessandro Faggiani continue to tell us that it is impossible for Statius Priscus to have taken L. Artorius Castus and some troops to Armenia.  This despite the fact that professional Roman historians have no problem with it.  In fact, Statius had previously gone to Syria with a British governor!  And I have elsewhere detailed other cases in which British troops were conveyed long distances on the Continent to wars.

I consider this subject closed and no longer worthy of discussion.