Cohors IV Lingonum

The Cohors IV (or IIII ) Lingonum [equitata] ( German 4th cohort of Lingons [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and lead seals.

Name components

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 the inscription (RIB 1299).

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 AD 98-158.

The first evidence of unity in Britannia is based on a diploma dated 98. 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 158, prove unity in the same province.

The unit is mentioned for the last time in the Notitia dignitatum with the name Cohors quarta Lingonum for the Segedunum location. It was part of the troops under the command of the Dux Britanniarum under the direction of a tribune .

Locations

Cohort locations in Britannia may have been:

Segedunum ( Wallsend ): The inscriptions (RIB 1299–1302, 1307) and lead seals with the stamp C IIII L ( RIB 2411,109 ) were found here. In addition, the unit is listed in the Notitia dignitatum for that location.
Mile fort 59 on Hadrian's Wall : a building inscription for the unit was found near Mile fort 59 (RIB 2014).

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Aelius Rufus , a prefect
Cornelius Celer , a prefect
Didius Severus , a prefect

Iul (ius) Honoratus, a centurion of the Legio II Augusta (RIB 1299)
M (arcus) Lucretius Peregrinus, a prefect ( AE 1961, 330 )
Marcus Statius Priscus Licinius Italicus , a prefect

Web links

2272 - Cohors IV Lingonum. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed August 2, 2018 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 173-174, 180 -181.

^ 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 p. 159 ).

^ Paul A. Holder: A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3-42, here pp. 16-17 ( PDF pp. 14-15 ).

↑ Military diplomas of the years 98 ( ZPE-189-233 ), 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 , ZPE-162-225 ), 130/131 ( ZPE-156-246 ), 145 ( CIL 16 , 93 ) and 158 ( RMD 5, 420 ). The military diploma ( RMD 3, 151 ) is dated before 114.

^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Occidentis XL ( online ).

[jsp-1] A ^b 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. 173-174, 180 -181.

[js-2] 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 p. 159 ).

[pah-3] Paul A. Holder: A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3-42, here pp. 16-17 ( PDF pp. 14-15 ).