Ala I Ulpia Dacorum

The Ala I Ulpia Dacorum ( German 1. Ala the Ulpische of the Dacians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions and Arrian's work Ἔκταξις κατὰ Ἀλάνοον .

Name components

Ulpia : the Ulpian. The honorary designation refers to Emperor Trajan , whose full name is Marcus Ulpius Traianus .

Dacorum : the Dacian . The soldiers of the Ala were recruited from the Dacian people on the territory of the Roman province of Dacia when the unit was established .

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 established by Trajan (98-117) after the Dacer Wars . At an unspecified time, the unit was relocated to the province of Cappadocia , possibly due to the Parthian War of Trajan. The unit was part of the armed forces that Arrian mobilized for his campaign against the Alans (Ἔκταξις κατὰ Ἀλάνοον) around 135 AD. Arrian mentions a unit in his report that he calls ἡ εἴλη τῶν Γετῶν.

The unit is mentioned for the last time in the Notitia dignitatum with the designation Ala prima Ulpia Dacorum for the Suissa location. She was part of the troops under the command of the Dux Armeniae .

Locations

Locations of the Ala in Cappadocia were:

Suissa: The unit is listed in the Notitia dignitatum for this location.

Members of the Ala

The following members of the Ala are known:

Commanders

C (aius) Iulius Erucianus Crispus, a prefect ( CIL 3, 1333 )

M (arcus) Clu [] Severus ( CIL 11, 558 )

Others

[], one tab ( CIL 3, 5044 )

Remarks

↑ John Spaul assigns Marcus Clu [] Severus as prefect of the Ala I Ulpia Dacorum . The reading of the inscription ( CIL 11, 558 ) in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database is decur (ionis?) .
↑ John Spaul assigns the unknown rider to the Ala I Ulpia Dacorum . The reading of the inscription ( CIL 3, 5044 ) in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database is Ala I Da [rdan (orum)] .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c 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. 602, 607 ( online ).
↑ ^a ^b 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. 61 ( PDF p. 63 ).
^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVIII ( 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 , p. 101.

[AN1-5] John Spaul assigns Marcus Clu [] Severus as prefect of the Ala I Ulpia Dacorum . The reading of the inscription ( CIL 11, 558 ) in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database is decur (ionis?) .

[AN2-6] John Spaul assigns the unknown rider to the Ala I Ulpia Dacorum . The reading of the inscription ( CIL 3, 5044 ) in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database is Ala I Da [rdan (orum)] .

[mas-1] A ^b ^c 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. 602, 607 ( online ).

[js-2] 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. 61 ( PDF p. 63 ).

[ND-3] Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVIII ( online ).

[jsp-4] John EH Spaul: Ala. The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , p. 101.