Ala Patrui

The Ala Patrui ( German Ala des Patruus ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

Patrui : of the Patruus. One of the unit's first commanders was believed to be an otherwise unknown Patruus , after whom the Ala was named.

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 may have been established by Caesar , either in Gallia Lugdunensis or in Hispania . She probably took part in the civil war afterwards.

Locations

Locations of the Ala are not known.

Members of the Ala

The following members of the Ala are known:

M (arcus) Valerius, a Decurio ( CIL 9, 733 )
[P] atruus, presumably a commander ( AE 1983, 182 )

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 19.

[jsp-1] 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. 19.