Cohors II Augusta Thracum
The Cohors II Augusta Thracum [equitata] ( German 2nd cohort the Augusteische the Thracians [partly 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 .
- II : The Roman number stands for the ordinal number, the second ( Latin secunda ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Cohors secunda ...
- Augusta : the Augustan tables. The honorary title refers to Augustus .
- 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 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 provinces of Galatia et Cappadocia and Pannonia inferior (in that order). It is listed on military diplomas for the years AD 99-193.
The first evidence of unity in Galatia et Cappadocia is based on a diploma dated 99. In the diplomas, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Cappadocia ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 101, proves unity in the same province.
It is possible that the cohort was moved to Pannonia inferior by his successor Hadrian around 123 after the Parthian War of Trajan . The first evidence of unity in the province is based on a diploma dated 135. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Pannonia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated from 139 to 193, prove unity in the same province.
The last evidence of unity is based on an inscription dated 221/240.
Locations
The locations of the cohort are not known.
Members of the cohort
The following members of the cohort are known.
Commanders
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See also
Web links
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
- ↑ a b inscription with equitata ( AE 1908, 206 )
- ↑ Military diplomas of the years 99 ( ZPE-192-238 ), 101 (unpublished), 135 ( RMD 4, 251 ), 139 ( CIL 16, 175 ), 141/144 ( RMD 4, 268 ), 143 ( RMD 4, 266 ), 144 ( RMD 5, 397 ), 146 ( ZPE-171-229 ), 148 ( CIL 16, 179 , CIL 16, 180 ), 152 ( ZPE-171-221 ), 154 ( ZPE-146-247 , ZPE -187-292 ), 157 ( RMD 2, 102 , RMD 2, 103 ), 159 ( CIL 16, 113 ), 162 ( ZPE-173-223 , ZPE-173-234 ), 167 ( CIL 16, 123 ) and 193 ( RMD 5, 446 , RMD 5, 447 ).
- ^ A b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 367.
- ^ 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. 163 Table 7 ( PDF ).
- ↑ a b Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohe Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 606, 620 ( online ).
- ↑ Werner Eck : A new civil rights constitution for the troops of Pannonia inferior from the year 162 with a new couple of consuls In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE), Volume 173 (2010), pp. 223–236, here pp. 231–232 ( Online ).
- ↑ Werner Eck: A diploma for the auxiliary troops of Pannonia inferior from September 5, 152 AD. In: ZPE, Volume 171 (2009), pp. 221-230, here p. 228 ( online ).