Ala Augusta Vocontiorum
The Ala Augusta Vocontiorum [civium Romanorum] ( German Augustan Ala der Vocontier [the Roman citizens] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions. In some inscriptions it is called Ala Vocontiorum .
Name components
- Augusta : the Augustan tables. The honorary title refers to Augustus .
- Vocontiorum : the vocontier . The soldiers of the Ala were recruited from the Gallic tribe of the Vocontier in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis when the unit was set up .
- civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen. The soldiers of the unit had been granted Roman citizenship at one point in time. However, this did not apply to soldiers who were accepted into the unit after this point in time. They received Roman citizenship only with their honorable farewell ( Honesta missio ) after 25 years of service. The addition occurs in the military diplomas from 122 to 127.
Since there is no reference to the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was an Ala quingenaria . The nominal strength of the Ala was 480 men, consisting of 16 towers with 30 riders each.
history
The Ala was probably stationed in a camp near Soissons in the province of Gallia Belgica in the early 1st century AD before being relocated to the province of Germania . The timing of the installation is uncertain. But she was probably not in the province around 89. Domitian (81–96) had given the Roman armed forces in Germania inferior who remained loyal to him after the suppression of the uprising of Lucius Antonius Saturninus the honorary designation pia fidelis Domitiana ; but this addition is missing from the unit.
At an unspecified date, the Ala was relocated to the province of Britannia , where it is first evidenced by a military diploma dated 119/121. The diploma lists the Ala as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Britannia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 122 to 178, prove unity in the same province.
Locations
Locations of the Ala in Britannia may have been:
- Trimontium ( Newstead ): The inscription of Aelius Marcus was found here.
Locations of the Ala in Gallia Belgica were possibly:
Locations of the Ala in Germania were possibly:
- Burginatium ( Kalkar ): The inscription of Atillus was found here.
Members of the Ala
The following members of the Ala are known:
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Another alae called Ala Vocontiorum
There was another Ala with this name, the Ala Vocontiorum (Aegyptus) . She is documented by military diplomas from 86 to 179 and was stationed in the provinces of Aegyptus , Iudaea and Syria .
See also
Web links
- 1917 - ala Vocontiorum. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed March 10, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b F. Oelmann: The camp of ala Vocontiorum near Soissons. , Pp. 7–12, here p. 12 ( online ).
- ↑ a b Jan Kees Haalebos: Traian and the auxiliary troops on the Lower Rhine A military diploma of the year 98 AD from Elst in the Over-Betuwe (Netherlands) In: Saalberg Jahrbuch, 2000/50, pp. 31-72 , here p. 41 ( online ).
- ^ Paul A. Holder: Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here pp. 247-248 ( PDF ).
- ^ A b John EH Spaul: Ala². The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , pp. 240-241.
- ^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 157 Table 1 ( PDF p. 159 ).
- ↑ Military diplomas of the years 119/121 ( ZPE-162-226 ), 122 ( AE 2008, 800 , CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 ), 132 ( ZPE-174-189 ), 140/154 ( AE 1989, 450 ) and 178 ( AE 2004, 1902 , RMD 3, 184 , RMD 4, 293 , RMD 4, 294 ).