Ala II Flavia Agrippiana

The Ala II Flavia Agrippiana ( German 2nd Flavian Ala des Agrippa ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

Flavia : the Flavian. The honorary designation refers to the Flavian emperors Vespasian , Titus or Domitian .

Agrippiana : of Agrippa's. The soldiers of the Ala were recruited by Herod Agrippa II when the unit was established on the territory of the kingdom . Agrippa supported Vespasian with soldiers during the Jewish War . Presumably the two auxiliary units named Flavia Agrippiana were set up by Vespasian after the end of the Jewish War; named Agrippiana , Agrippa was to be honored for his loyalty to Rome and especially to Vespasian.

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 unit was probably set up with the Ala I Flavia Agrippiana during the reign of Vespasian ; this possibly happened around AD 72 in connection with the incorporation of Commagene into the Roman Empire.

The only evidence of the Ala is based on the inscription (IGRR IV 1213), which is dated to the 3rd century.

Locations

Locations of the Ala are not known.

Members of the Ala

A member of the Ala, Αντ. Κλ. Αλφ. Αριγνοτος, a επαρχος , is known from the inscription (IGRR IV 1213).

Another ala with the name Ala Agrippiana

There were two other alae with this designation:

the Ala Agrippiana Miniata . She is documented by military diplomas from 122 and was stationed in the province of Britannia .
the Ala I Flavia Agrippiana . It is evidenced by diplomas from 129 to 153 and was stationed in the province of Syria .

Remarks

↑ The scenario given here follows the explanations of Edward Dabrowa . It assumes three different units called Ala Agrippiana : the Ala Agrippiana Miniata , which was stationed in the provinces of Germania and Britannia , and the Ala I Flavia Agrippiana and the Ala II Flavia Agrippiana , both of which were stationed in the east of the Roman Empire. John Spaul does not rule out the existence of various units, but considers this to be unlikely on the basis of the limited evidence.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Edward Dabrowa: Ala Flavia Agrippiana et Ala II Flavia Agrippiana In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) Volume 59 (1985), pp. 227-233, here pp. 230-232 ( online ).
↑ John EH Spaul: Ala The Auxiliary Cavalry units of the pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , pp. 24-26.

[GE-2] The scenario given here follows the explanations of Edward Dabrowa . It assumes three different units called Ala Agrippiana : the Ala Agrippiana Miniata , which was stationed in the provinces of Germania and Britannia , and the Ala I Flavia Agrippiana and the Ala II Flavia Agrippiana , both of which were stationed in the east of the Roman Empire. John Spaul does not rule out the existence of various units, but considers this to be unlikely on the basis of the limited evidence.

[ed-1] A ^b Edward Dabrowa: Ala Flavia Agrippiana et Ala II Flavia Agrippiana In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) Volume 59 (1985), pp. 227-233, here pp. 230-232 ( online ).

[jsp-3] John EH Spaul: Ala The Auxiliary Cavalry units of the pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , pp. 24-26.