Cohors IV Thracum

This article deals with the Cohors IV Thracum stationed in the province of Germania . For the unit stationed in the province of Syria , see Cohors IV Thracum Syriaca .

The tombstone of Dolanus ( CIL 13, 7585 )

The Cohors IV (or IIII ) Thracum [equitata] [pia fidelis] ( German  4th cohort of Thracians [partially mounted] [loyal and loyal] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

• Cohors : The cohort was an infantry unit of the auxiliary troops in the Roman army .

• IV : The Roman number stands for the ordinal number the fourth ( Latin quarta ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Cohors quarta ...

• Thracum : The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Thracian people on the territory of the Roman province of Thrace when the unit was established .

• equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in two inscriptions.

• pia fidelis : loyal and loyal. Domitian (81-96) gave the Roman armed forces in Germania inferior who remained loyal to him after the suppression of the uprising of Lucius Antonius Saturninus the honorary designation pia fidelis Domitiana . The addition occurs in the military diplomas of 127 and 158.

Since there is no evidence of the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was a Cohors quingenaria equitata . The nominal strength of the cohort was 600 men (480 infantry and 120 horsemen), consisting of 6 centuries of infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 horsemen each.

history

The cohort was stationed in the province of Germania . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 80 to 158 AD.

During the reigns of Claudius (41-54) and Nero (54-68) the unit was stationed in Germania superior . It is documented for the first time by diplomas in Germania for the year 80 . In the diplomas, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated from 98 to 158, prove the unit in the province of Germania inferior .

Locations

The locations of the cohort in Germania inferior were:

• Praetorium Agrippinae ( Valkenburg ): An inscription and bricks with the stamp of the unity were found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

C (aius) Egnatuleius Seneca, a prefect ( CIL 2, 4212 ) Gaius Vibius Publilianus , a prefect L (ucius) Antonius Silo, a prefect ( CIL 2, 4138 )

Lucius Porcius Crescens : he is named on the diploma of 127 as a commander. Quintus Lutatius Dexter Laelianus : he is named on the diplomas of 80 as a commander.

Others

[] sa, a rider: the diploma of 127 was issued for him. [] sese, a soldier ( CIL 13, 7049 ) Bisa, a centurion ( AE 1975, 637 ) C (aius) Tutius, a horseman ( CIL 13, 7050 ) Diaseva, a horseman: one of the diplomas of 80 ( RMM 00004 ) was issued to him.

Dolanus, a horseman ( CIL 13, 7585 ) Durises, a foot soldier: one of the diplomas of 80 ( CIL 16, 158 ) was issued to him. M (arcus) Traidua ( AE 1978, 556 ) Surus, a soldier ( CIL 13, 11870 )

Web links

Commons : Cohors IIII Thracum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman armed forces in Germania

literature

• 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 978-1-84171-046-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ inscriptions with equitata ( CIL 2, 4212 , CIL 14, 3548 )
2. ^ Paul A. Holder : Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here pp. 237, 243 ( PDF ).
3. ^ ^{A b} John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 378-379.
4. ^ 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. 158 Table 2 ( PDF ).
5. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 80 ( CIL 16, 158 , RMM 00004 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 00009 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ), 152 ( ZPE- 148-262 ), 158 ( RMD 1, 52 ) and 158 ( RMD 1, 52 ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Jan Kees Haalebos : Traian and the auxiliary troops on the Lower Rhine A military diploma of the year 98 AD from Elst in the Over-Betuwe (Netherlands) In: Saalberg Jahrbuch, 2000/50, pp. 31-72 , here p. 58 ( online ).
7. ^ Inscription from Valkenburg ( AE 1989, 559 ).
8. ^ Bricks from Valkenburg : stamp CHO IIII TR ( AE 1975, 636 ).