Even the self-designation gnostic is problematic, since it is attested for only some of the traditions conventionally treated as gnostic and its connotations are ambiguous.
The practice of animal sacrifice, abhorred by the modern followers of Zoroaster, is attested for the Sāsānian period at least as late as the reign of Yazdegerd I (399 420).
Although the cult is attested for most of the major cities of Sumer in the 3rd and 2nd millennia bce, it centred in the cities around the central steppe area (the edin)—for example, at Bad-tibira (modern Madīnah), where Tammuz was the city god.
Two names, Behedet and Djeba, are attested for Edfu for the Pharaonic Period.
Distinct tourmarchai are attested for Sicily proper and Calabria.
Fifty-one bishoprics are attested for Egypt in 325; fifteen are only known otherwise as seats of the schismatic Church.
The Gabrades are attested for the first time in the late 10th century, when Constantine Gabras participated in the revolt of Bardas Skleros.
Since the Ehoie of Alcmene was attested for book 4, Marckscheffel proposed that books 1 3 were the "Catalogue", and books 4 and 5 were the "Ehoiai".
Military functions are attested, for instance, by Pousa, the voivode at the time of the Mongol invasion who fell in battle on March 31 , 1241
Professional associations or trade guilds (collegia) are attested for a wide range of occupations, including fishermen (piscatores), salt merchants (salinatores), olive oil dealers (olivarii), entertainers (scaenici), cattle dealers (pecuarii), goldsmiths (aurifices), teamsters (asinarii or muliones), and stonecutters (lapidarii).
