Cohors II Lucensium

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The military diploma of June 13, 80 AD ( CIL 16, 26 )

The Cohors II Lucensium [equitata] ( German  2nd cohort from the conventus Lucensis [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

  • Lucensium : from the conventus Lucensis . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited when the unit was set up in the area of ​​the conventus Lucensis (with the capital Lucus Augusti ).
  • equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.

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 Moesia , Pannonia , Moesia Inferior, and Thracia (in that order). It is listed on military diplomas for the years 78 to 180/192 AD. The stationing of the cohort in the province of Pannonia in the year 80 is controversial (see section Uncertainties ).

The first evidence of unity in the province of Moesia is based on a military diploma dated to the year 78. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Moesia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated 92 to 127, prove the unit in Moesia Inferior .

A vexillation of the unit occurred around 130 in Chersonese in the Crimea.

The first evidence of unity in the province of Thracia is based on a military diploma dated to the year 138. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Thracia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 155 to 180/192, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

Cohort locations in Moesia and Thracia may have been:

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

  • Publius Gavius ​​Balbus
  • T (itus) Herennius Niger, a prefect (around 217/218) ( CIL 3, 12339 )
  • Ulp (ius) Marius, a prefect ( CIL 3, 12338 )

Others

  • Fl (avius) Mestrius Ius [tus], a soldier ( CIL 3, 14424 )
  • M (arcus) Antonius Valens, a soldier ( AE 1909, 166 )
  • Rescuporus, a foot soldier: the diploma of 160 was issued to him.

Uncertainties

Military diploma from 80

The military diploma ( CIL 16, 26 ) (issued for the province of Pannonia , dated June 13, 80) lists the Cohors I Lucensium in one place and the Cohors II Lucensium in another place . John Spaul , Jörg Scheuerbrandt and Margaret M. Roxan assign the diploma to the Cohors I Lucensium , while Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena assign the Cohors II Lucensium .

See also

Web links

Commons : Cohors II Lucensium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 68,72-73,475-478 (65 , 69-70,472-475) , accessed on May 10, 2017 (English).
  2. ^ A b c 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 978-1841710464 , pp. 83-84
  3. ^ 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. 166,168 tables 9,10 ( PDF p. 168,170 ).
  4. ^ Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here p. 288 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 178-179 (757-758) , accessed on May 10, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 78 ( AE 2008, 1728 , CIL 16, 22 , RMD 4, 208 , ZPE-173-237 ), 80 ( CIL 16, 26 ), 92 ( AE 2003, 1548 ), 97 ( RMD 5, 338 ), 105 ( CIL 16, 50 ), 107 ( ZPE-192-222 ), 114 ( CIL 16, 58 ), 120 ( AE 2009, 1808 ), 121 ( AE 2008, 1722 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 241 , ZPE-165-232 ), 138 ( RMD 4, 260 ), 155 ( AE 2004, 1907 ), 157/158 ( AE 2004, 1908 ), 160 ( AE 2013, 2188 ), 162/163 ( RMD 5, 437 ) , 166/168 ( RMD 5, 439 , RMD 5, 440 ) and 180/192 ( ZPE-152-258 ).
  7. ↑ a b Ligia Ruscu: Two Pontic Notes In: Epigraphica Anatolica 38 (2005), pp. 125-130, here p. 127 ( PDF 5 ).
  8. ↑ Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena: Cohors I Lucensium Equitata In: Hispania Antiqua XL (2016), pp. 169–190, here p. 172 ( online ).