Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum

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The Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum ( German  1. Ala the Flavian of the Gaetulians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

  • I : The Roman number stands for the ordinal number, the first ( Latin prima ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Ala prima ...
  • Flavia : the Flavian. The honorary designation refers to the Flavian emperors Vespasian , Titus or Domitian . The unit was probably set up as Ala Gaetulorum and was only later given the addition of Flavia as an award under one of the Flavian emperors.
  • Gaetulorum : the Gaetuler . When the unit was set up, the Ala soldiers were recruited from the various Gaetul tribes.

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 Pannonia inferior . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 92 to 152/153 AD.

The first evidence of unity 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. Further diplomas, dated 97 to 152/153, prove unity in the same province.

The Ala may have participated in Trajan's Dacian Wars . The diplomas of 114 prove that the unit stayed in both Moesia inferior and Pannonia inferior this year . The diploma of 152/153 shows that a vexillation of the Ala had been temporarily moved to Mauretania Caesariensis to take part in the suppression of an uprising.

The last evidence of the Ala is based on an inscription dated to 215.

Locations

Locations of the Ala may have been:

Members of the Ala

The following members of the Ala are known:

Commanders

Others

  • [?], a veteran ( CIL 3, 7557 )
  • [] lus, a rider: the diploma of 125 was issued for him.
  • Bithus: a diploma of 99 ( ZPE-180-295 ) was issued to him.
  • C (aius) Annius []: the diploma of 107 was issued to him.
  • Cl (audius) Marcianus, a horseman ( AE 1998, 1618 )
  • Dolazenus: a diploma of 99 ( Dacia-2006-99 ) was issued to him.

More alae called Ala Gaetulorum

There was another Ala with this name, the Ala Veterana Gaetulorum . She is documented by military diplomas from 86 to 142 and was stationed in the provinces of Iudaea and Arabia .

See also

Web links

Commons : Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b The scenario given here is based on two different units: the Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum , which was stationed in the provinces of Moesia inferior and Pannonia inferior , and the Ala Veterana Gaetulorum , which was stationed in the provinces of Iudaea and Arabia .
  2. ↑ According to Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl, Paul Holder, the Ala, like other units, probably came to the province of Mauretania Caesariensis around 150/151 and only then to Mauretania Tingitana . The diploma of 152/153 lists four of the five alae who were stationed in Moesia inferior at that time . It can therefore be assumed that only part of an ala, a vexillation, was relocated at a time, as a complete relocation of the four units would have weakened the troops in Moesia inferior too much.
  3. ↑ John Spaul assigns Arignotus to the Cohors I Gaetulorum . According to Ovidiu Ţentea, Florian Matei Popescu was Arignotus contrast Praepositus the Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Margaret M. Roxan , Werner Eck : A Diploma of Moesia Inferior: 125 June. 1 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE), Volume 116 (1997), pp. 193–203, here pp. 196–197, 201–202 ( PDF ).
  2. ↑ a b John EH Spaul , Ala², pp. 124-125.
  3. ^ 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. 163, 166 tables 7, 9 ( PDF ).
  4. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 92 ( ZPE-148-269 ), 97 ( RMD 5, 337 ), 99 ( CIL 16, 45 , Dacia-2006-99 , RMM 8 , ZPE-180-295 ), 105 ( AE 2004, 1256 , RMM 11 ), 107 ( RMM 14 ), 113/115 ( RMD 5, 347 ), 114 ( CIL 16, 58 , AE 2010, 1860 , CIL 16, 61 , RMD 3, 152 ), 120 ( AE 2009, 1808 , RMD 5, 356 ), 121 ( AE 2008, 1722 ), 125 ( RMD 4, 235 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 241 , ZPE-165-232 ), 135 ( AE 2009, 1811 ), 140 ( AE 2008, 1724 ), 145 ( RMD 3, 165 ), 146 ( RMD 4, 270 ) and 152/153 ( ZPE-199-187 ).
  5. ↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl, Paul Holder: A constitution from the year 152 or 153 for Lower Saxony and British troops, delegated to Mauretania Tingitana In: ZPE, Volume 199 (2016), pp. 187-201, here pp. 191, 194 -196 ( online ).
  6. ↑ inscription ( AE 1998, 1618 )
  7. ↑ inscription ( AE 2011, +01088 )
  8. ↑ a b c Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here pp. 265-267 ( online ).
  9. ↑ tile Carsium ( AE 1998, 1145 ).
  10. ↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: Another diploma from the constitution for the troops of Moesia inferior from August 14, 99 AD. In: ZPE, Volume 180 (2012), pp. 295–301, here p. 300 ( online ).
  11. ↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: New diplomas for the auxiliary troops in the Mösischen provinces from Vespasian to Hadrian In: Dacia. Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne 50 (2006), pp. 93-104, here pp. 98-99 ( online ).
  12. ↑ Margaret M. Roxan: An Auxiliary / Fleet Diploma of Moesia Inferior: 127 August 20 In: ZPE, Volume 118 (1997), pp. 287-299, here p. 295 ( PDF ).