Cohors III Lingonum

The Cohors III Lingonum [equitata] ( German 3rd cohort of Lingons [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and an inscription.

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 ...

Lingonum : the lingon . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Lingon people in the Roman province of Gallia Belgica when the unit was established .

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in an inscription.

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 Britannia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 103 to 178 AD.

The first evidence of unity in Britannia is based on a diploma dated 103. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Britannia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 122 to 178, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

[?], a prefect ( ILGN 00643 )
C (aius) Sagurus Priscus, a prefect ( CIL 11, 5959 ). He was also prefect of the Ala I Flavia Civium Romanorum .

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

Remarks

↑ John Spaul assigns the unknown prefect of the Cohors III Lingonum . The EDCS reading is [a] lae (?) Ling [onum] .

Individual evidence

↑ Inscription with equitata ( CIL 11, 5959 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 103 ( CIL 16, 48 ), 122 ( AE 2008, 800 , CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 ), 130/131 ( ZPE-156-246 ) and 178 ( RMD 3, 184 , RMD 4, 293 , RMD 4, 294 , ZPE-156-254 ). The military diploma ( RMD 3, 151 ) is dated before 114.
^ ^A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 173-174, 179.
^ 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. 157 Table 1 ( PDF ).

[AN1-5] John Spaul assigns the unknown prefect of the Cohors III Lingonum . The EDCS reading is [a] lae (?) Ling [onum] .

[IN-EQU-1] Inscription with equitata ( CIL 11, 5959 ).

[MD-2] Military diplomas of the years 103 ( CIL 16, 48 ), 122 ( AE 2008, 800 , CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 ), 130/131 ( ZPE-156-246 ) and 178 ( RMD 3, 184 , RMD 4, 293 , RMD 4, 294 , ZPE-156-254 ). The military diploma ( RMD 3, 151 ) is dated before 114.

[jsp-3] A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 173-174, 179.

[js-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. 157 Table 1 ( PDF ).