Cohors IV Ulpia Petraeorum

The military diploma of the year 139 ( CIL 16, 87 )

The Cohors IV (or IIII ) Ulpia Petraeorum ( German 4th ulpic cohort from Petra ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

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.

Since there are no references to the additions 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 first evidence of unity in the Syria Palestine province is based on a military diploma dated to AD 139. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman forces in Syria ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 142 to 160, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

Web links

Commons : Cohors IV Ulpia Petraeorum - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 438, 450
^ 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. 173 table 15 ( PDF p. 175 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 139 ( CIL 16, 87 ), 142 ( RMM 29 ), 157/158 ( RMD 5, 421 ), 158 ( ZPE-157-190 , ZPE-159-283 ) and 160 ( AE 2005, 1730 , AE 2011, 1810 , RMD 3, 173 , RMM 41 ).

[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. 438, 450

[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. 173 table 15 ( PDF p. 175 ).

[MD-3] Military diplomas of the years 139 ( CIL 16, 87 ), 142 ( RMM 29 ), 157/158 ( RMD 5, 421 ), 158 ( ZPE-157-190 , ZPE-159-283 ) and 160 ( AE 2005, 1730 , AE 2011, 1810 , RMD 3, 173 , RMM 41 ).