Ala II Claudia Gallorum

The Ala II Claudia Gallorum ( German 2nd Claudian Ala of the Gauls ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

Claudia : the Claudian. The honorary title refers to Claudius (41–54).

Gallorum : the Gaul . The soldiers of the Ala were recruited from the various tribes of the Gauls when the unit was formed.

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 stationed in the provinces of Moesia Inferior and Cappadocia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years AD 92-101.

The first evidence in the province of Moesia inferior is based on a diploma dated 92. In the diploma, the Ala is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Moesia ) that were stationed in the province.

At an unspecified date, the unit was relocated to the province of Cappadocia , where it is first evidenced by a diploma dated 99. The diploma lists the Ala as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Cappadocia ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 101, proves unity in the same province.

Locations

Locations of the Ala are not known.

Members of the Ala

Members of the Ala are not known.

More alae with the name Ala II Gallorum

There were two other alae with this designation:

the Ala II Gallorum (Cappadocia) . She was stationed in the province of Cappadocia .
the Ala II Gallorum et Pannoniorum . It is documented by diplomas from 128 to 165 and was stationed in the provinces of Syria , Moesia superior , Dacia and Dacia Porolissensis .

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b According to Michael Alexander Speidel , the Ala II Claudia Gallorum is possibly identical to the Ala II Gallorum (Cappadocia) .

Individual evidence

↑ Constantin C. Petolescu, Antoniu-Teodor Popescu: A new military diploma for the province of Moesia inferior in: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 148 (2004), pp. 269-276, here p. 272.
^ Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohen Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 605, 608–609 ( online ).
↑ Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: The fourth diploma for the province of Galatia et Cappadocia, issued in 99 in: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy. Volume 192 (2014), pp. 238–246, here p. 244.
↑ Military diplomas of the years 92 ( ZPE-148-269 ) and 99 ( ZPE-192-238 ).

[GE-5] According to Michael Alexander Speidel , the Ala II Claudia Gallorum is possibly identical to the Ala II Gallorum (Cappadocia) .

[cp-1] Constantin C. Petolescu, Antoniu-Teodor Popescu: A new military diploma for the province of Moesia inferior in: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 148 (2004), pp. 269-276, here p. 272.

[mas-2] Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohen Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 605, 608–609 ( online ).

[we-3] Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: The fourth diploma for the province of Galatia et Cappadocia, issued in 99 in: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy. Volume 192 (2014), pp. 238–246, here p. 244.

[MD-4] Military diplomas of the years 92 ( ZPE-148-269 ) and 99 ( ZPE-192-238 ).