Cohors III Breucorum

Gravestone of Catunectus Trinovas , a soldier of the unit ( AE 2003, 1218 ),
found in: Cologne

The Cohors III Breucorum ( German  3rd cohort of the Breuker ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

• Breucorum : the Breuker . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Illyrian people of the Breuker in the area of ​​the Roman province of Pannonia when the unit was established .

Since there is no evidence of the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partially 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 six Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The first evidence of unity in the province of Germania is based on a military diploma dated 81/84 AD. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province. Further military diplomas, dated from 98 to 127, prove the unity in Germania inferior .

However, the cohort was probably not in the province around 89. Domitian (81–96) had given 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 ; but this addition is missing from the unit.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania inferior were possibly:

• Laur (i) um ( Woerden ): An altar was found in Woerden ( AE 1994, 1285 ).

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Marcus Campanius Marcellus , a prefect

Titus Prifernius Paetus Memmius Apollinaris , a prefect

Others

Caius Indutius Repertus, a Centurion ( AE 2003, 1218 ) Catunectus, a soldier ( AE 2003, 1218 )

L (ucius) Terentius Bassus, a centurion ( AE 1994, 1285 )

See also

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

literature

• Julianus Egidius Bogaers : Sol Elagabalus and the cohors III Breucorum in Woerden (Germania Inferior) . In: Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden. Volume 74, 1994, ISSN  0920-4768 , pp. 153-161.

Web links

Commons : Cohors III Breucorum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ John Spaul assumes that the cohort was not in Germania inferior at this point in time . There is currently too little evidence for Paul A. Holder to be able to say whether the unit was in the province at the time and whether it was awarded the honorary title.
2. ↑ The reading of the inscription ( AE 2003, 1218 ) in the Heidelberg Epigraphic Database is III B {e} reuc (orum) ; in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphic database, however, IIII B {e} reuc (orum) .

Individual evidence

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 978-1-84171-046-4 , P. 321
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. 158 Table 2 ( PDF p. 160 ).
3. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 81/84 ( RMD 5, 327 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 9 ) and 127 ( RMD 4, 239 ).
4. ^ 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. 249-250 ( PDF ).
5. ↑ Laurum (Woerden). www.livius.org, accessed on March 21, 2017 (English). 
6. ↑ HD044876. Epigraphic database Heidelberg , accessed on March 22, 2017 .