Cohors II Ulpia Petraeorum
The Cohors II Ulpia Petraeorum milliaria equitata ( German 2nd cohort the Ulpische from Petra 1000 men partly mounted ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by 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 ...
- Ulpia : the Ulpian. The honorary designation refers to Emperor Trajan , whose full name is Marcus Ulpius Traianus .
- Petraeorum : from Petra . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the city of Petra and its surroundings when the unit was set up . After the annexation of the kingdom of the Nabataeans (with the capital Petra ) by Trajan 106 the soldiers of the royal army were taken over into the Roman armed forces, whereby 6 Cohortes Petraeorum were newly established.
- milliaria : 1000 men. Depending on whether it was an infantry cohort ( Cohors milliaria peditata ) or a mixed association of infantry and cavalry ( Cohors milliaria equitata ), the nominal strength of the unit was either 800 or 1040 men.
- equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.
The unit was a Cohors milliaria equitata . The nominal strength of the unit was 1040 men, consisting of 10 Centurien infantry with 80 men each and 8 tower cavalry with 30 riders each.
history
The unit is only evidenced by an inscription. Presumably she was stationed like the other Cohortes Petraeorum in the provinces of Syria and Syria Palestine .
Locations
The locations of the cohort are not known.
Members of the cohort
A member of the Ala is known: Gaius Camurius Clemens , a prefect.
See also
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