Hi Atilius, thank you for a nice (and when I am thinking of it in fact an obvious) explanation!
The mystery thus solved it is clear now: the two guys are not CLONES, but in fact a serious case of SCHIZOPHRENIA in very developed stage that led into total split of personality, even in the physical sense.
Therefore it is not a bug, but a feature that nicely represents the schizophrenic situation of a local officer who just married into the royal family - he simply cannot make up his mind whether he still could hang around with his old buddies from the garrison (Babylonian Heavy Inf) or rather being seen with his new friends - the Seleucid golden youth (Somatophylakes).
Ultimately it leads to the consequences that have puzzled us for so long
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