Cohors III Hispanorum

The Cohors III Hispanorum ( German  3rd cohort of Hispanics ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

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

• III : The Roman number stands for the ordinal number, the third ( Latin tertia ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Cohors tertia ...

• Hispanorum : the Hispanic . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited on the territory of the Roman province of Hispania when the unit was established .

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

history

The cohort was probably set up under Augustus , possibly as early as 27 BC. Chr .; at an unspecified point in time it was moved to Germania , where it is documented in the first half of the 1st century AD. The future of the cohort is uncertain.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania were possibly:

• Kloten : Bricks with the stamp of the unit were found here.
• Vindonissa ( Windisch ): an inscription and bricks with the stamp of unity were found here.

A brick with the stamp of the unit was also found near Geißlingen .

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

• Caenus, a centurion ( AE 1972, 353 )
• Sextus Caesius propertianus , a prefect

See also

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

literature

• Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula. Dissertation, 1973 Volume 1 ( PDF 1 ) Volume 2 ( PDF 2 )
• 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

Remarks

1. ↑ According to Margaret M. Roxan , the cohort either went under in the turmoil of the Four Emperor's Year or was merged with a Cohors I Ligurum to form Cohors I Ligurum et Hispanorum .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 272-274, 295-297, 682.
2. ^ Bricks from Kloten : Stamp C III HI ( CIL 13, 12447 ).
3. ↑ Inscription from Vindonissa ( AE 1972, 353 ).
4. ^ Bricks from Vindonissa : stamp C III HI ( AE 1909, 139 , CIL 13, 12446 ).
5. ^ Bricks from Geißlingen : stamp C III HI ( CIL 13, 12448 ).
6. ↑ John Spaul , Cohors², p 108, 132nd