Cohors Carietum et Veniaesum

The Cohors Carietum et Veniaesum ( German cohort of the Carieter and Veniaeser ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

Carietum et Veniaesum : [the] Carieter and Veniaeser . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Carieter and Veniaes tribes in the area of the conventus Cluniensis (with the capital Clunia ) when the unit was established .

Since there are no references to the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partly mounted), it can be assumed that it is a pure infantry cohort, a Cohors (quingenaria) peditata . The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The unity is evidenced by a single inscription. It is not possible to assign the cohort to a province in which it was stationed.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

A commander of the cohort, C (aius) Meffius Saxo , a primus pilus who was promoted to prefect , is known by the inscription ( CIL 5, 4373 ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c John Spaul: Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1841710464 , pp. 97,101
↑ ^a ^b Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 169–170 (166–167) , accessed on June 12, 2017 (English).
↑ Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 62 (641) , accessed June 12, 2017 (English).

[jsp-1] A ^b ^c John Spaul: Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1841710464 , pp. 97,101

[mmr1-2] Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 169–170 (166–167) , accessed on June 12, 2017 (English).

[mmr2-3] Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 62 (641) , accessed June 12, 2017 (English).