Cohors II Hamiorum

The Cohors II Hamiorum ( German  2nd cohort from Hama ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

• Hamiorum : from Hama . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the city of Hama and the surrounding area when the unit was set up.

• sagittariorum or sagittaria : the archer. The addition appears in an inscription.

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 stationed in the province of Africa . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 127 to 128/129 AD.

The first evidence of unity in Africa is based on a diploma dated 127. The diploma lists the cohort as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Africa ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 128/129, proves unity in the same province. The cohort is also mentioned in an inscription, which was made because of Hadrian's visit in 128.

The last evidence of unity is based on an inscription dated 198/210.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Africa were possibly:

• Thenadassa ( Ain Wif ): two inscriptions were found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

M (arcus) Caninius Adiutor Faustinianus, a prefect ( AE 1950, 126 )

M (arcus) Coeli [us] [] ninus ( AE 1950, 127 )

Others

[] cianus, a soldier ( AE 1992, 1759 ) Iul (ius) [Va] lerius, a soldier ( CIL 8, 10654 )

Iunius Suc (c) essus, a centurion ( AE 1950, 127 ) Valerius P [] ( AE 1992, 1759 )

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman forces in Africa

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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The inscription ( AE 1992, 1759 ) is incomplete; the name of the unit in which [] cianus had served has been added. The assignment to the Cohors II Hamiorum is therefore uncertain.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ inscription with sagittariorum or sagittaria ( AE 1992, 1759 )
2. ↑ Werner Eck : New testimonials to two well-known imperial civil rights constitutions (Africa and Mauretania) In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 177 (2011), pp. 263-271, here p. 264 ( online ).
3. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 127 ( ZPE-177-263 ) and 128/129 ( RMD 5, 373 ).
4. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 8, 2532 )
5. ^ Inscription ( AE 1950, 126 )
6. ^ Inscriptions from Thenadassa ( AE 1950, 126 , AE 1950, 127 )
7. ↑ John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 401-402, 410.