Cohors III Collecta

The Cohors III Collecta [Valeriana Galliena] ( German 3rd cohort the compiled [the Valerian Gallienische] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

Name components

Collecta : the put together.

Valeriana Galliena : the Valerian Gaulish niche. A title of honor that refers to Valerian (253-260) and his son Gallienus (260-268). The addition appears in the inscription ( CIL 3, 7450 ) at a point that was subsequently chiseled out.

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 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

There are different assumptions about the beginnings of the cohort. The first evidence of the cohort in the province of Moesia is based on an inscription dated 253/254. Another inscription ( CIL 3, 7450 ), dated 258, attests to unity in the same province.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Moesia were:

Municipium Montanensium : The inscriptions ( AE 1957, 340 , CIL 3, 7450 ) were found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Ael (ius) Maximus, a tribune ( AE 1957, 340 )
P (ublius) Ael (ius) Antoninus ( CIL 3, 7450 )

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b John Spaul suspects that the cohort was composed of several other units, whose team strength was already considerably reduced. He assumes that these units were previously stationed in the province of Dacia . Michael P. Speidel , on the other hand, thinks it is possible that the cohort arose from a number that was previously stationed in Municipium Montanensium . However, for him this is a hypothesis that can only be confirmed or refuted by further findings. For details, see the Numerus Collectus Regionariorum .

Individual evidence

↑ Michael P. Speidel : Regionarii in Lower Moesia In: Journal of Papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 57 (1984), pp. 185-188, here p. 188.
↑ 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 , page 495

[NA-1] John Spaul suspects that the cohort was composed of several other units, whose team strength was already considerably reduced. He assumes that these units were previously stationed in the province of Dacia . Michael P. Speidel , on the other hand, thinks it is possible that the cohort arose from a number that was previously stationed in Municipium Montanensium . However, for him this is a hypothesis that can only be confirmed or refuted by further findings. For details, see the Numerus Collectus Regionariorum .

[mps-2] Michael P. Speidel : Regionarii in Lower Moesia In: Journal of Papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 57 (1984), pp. 185-188, here p. 188.

[jsp-3] 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 , page 495